On October 28, the newspaper "Rai Alyum" published a report on a meeting that took place between the Secretary General of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), Ziad Al-Nakhla, and the Egyptian General Ahmed Abdel Khalek, who is responsible for the Palestinian file in the Egyptian intelligence, regarding the fate of the war in the Gaza Strip.
The report stated that Al-Khalek severely criticized Yahya Sinwar, and asked Al-Nakhla: "Do all of you in the Islamic Jihad want to die? Are you satisfied with your situation?" He compared Sinwar to a crazy bus driver, who drives Islamic Jihad operatives to his death and to their death with him.
The Islamic Jihad saw this conversation as an attempt by Egypt to drive a wedge between the organization and Hamas, but they say that Al-Nakhla replied to Al-Khalek with a smile: "We got on this bus because we trust the driver to bring us to the right stop, and if that doesn't happen, we will all die together."
Indeed, the Islamic Jihad organization has been operating since October 7 in full coordination with Hamas in the war against Israel.