Diplomacy was the key theme on the nation’s airwaves last night following the shooting incident on the Egypt-Israeli border yesterday and the visit of US First Lady Jill Biden to Cairo over the weekend.

Exchanges of fire on the border with Israel: El Hekaya (watch, runtime: 14:49), Kelma Akhira (watch, runtime: 3:24) and Masa’a DMC (watch, runtime: 0:55) all covered the phone call between the Egyptian and Israeli defense ministers following yesterday’s shooting at the border which left three Israeli soldiers and one Egyptian officer dead. We have more on this in this morning’s Egypt in the News, below.

The US first lady was in town over the weekend: Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Mostafa Waziri made several appearances on the airwaves last night to discuss the details of US First Lady Jill Biden’s trip to the Pyramids of Giza, including on Kelma Akhira (watch, runtime: 2:41 | 5:43) and Masa’a DMC (watch, runtime: 4:30 | 0:32). We have more in this morning’s Diplomacy section, below.

Also getting attention on the airwaves last night:

  • The inspection of projects never ends for Madbouly: Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly’s visit to a number of infrastructure and development projects in Alexandria received coverage on Al Hayah Al Youm (watch, runtime: 2:33) and Ala Mas’ouleety (watch, runtime: 18:10).
  • Clashes at the Engineers’ Syndicate: Rep. Alaa Abed, deputy head of the Mostaqbal Watan Party, appeared on El Hekaya (watch, runtime: 4:31) to discuss the events at the Engineers’ Syndicate last week when fighting broke out among members. The Public Prosecution has ordered an investigation into the events.
  • Counting the cost of the electricity price freeze: The government spent EGP 25 bn to freeze electricity prices for domestic consumption, said Ala Masouleety’s Ahmed Mousa in a segment on the soaring temperatures over the weekend (watch, runtime: 3:43). Electricity prices have been frozen over the past year under efforts to protect households from the rising cost of living. We’re still waiting on the government’s decision about whether to extend the current freeze into the new fiscal year.
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