The London-based pan-Arabic newspaper Al-Araby Al-Jadeed newspaper has reported that Hamas Gaza leader Yahya Sinwar and senior member of the organization's military wing Marwan Issa are the senior terrorists that Israel planned to assassinate before an Egyptian delegation convinced Israel not to.

According to a report published on the Haaretz website, the delegation unexpectedly visited Gaza and Israel last week after information arrived in Egypt about Israel's plans