War in Israel and Gaza dominated last night’s coverage: Hamas’ attack on Israel yesterday received blanket coverage across the airwaves. Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem told Amr Adib on El Hekaya that the attack came in response to the Israeli authorities' occupation of Palestinian land and displacement of Palestinian people (watch, runtime: 12:07). Mahmoud Al Habbash, advisor to the Palestinian president, appeared on Mohamed Sherdy’s Al Hayah Al Youm to discuss the latest developments of the conflict (watch, runtime: 6:04).

“We are facing difficult days,” said Egyptian foreign ministry spokesperson Ahmed Abu Zeid during an interview with Osama Kamal on Masaa DMC (watch, runtime: 7:42), during which he detailed Egypt’s efforts alongside the international community to de-escalate the ongoing violence.

An unexpected attack: The operation “surprised Israeli intelligence forces, arriving at an unforeseen moment,” Kelma Akhira’s Lamees El Hadidi said, before debating whether the war could pull in actors from Lebanon and Syria (watch, runtime: 4:09 | 6:56). The attack received widespread coverage from El Hekaya (watch, runtime: 6:59), Al Hayah Al Youm (watch, runtime: 2:45) and Masaa DMC (watch, runtime: 5:57).

Election 2023: Talk about the December presidential poll was again prominent on last night’s talk shows. A press conference by Sisi campaign chairman Mahmoud Fawzy got airtime from Ahmed Moussa on Ala Masouleety (watch, runtime: 36:28), as well as from El Hadidi on Kelma Akhira (watch, runtime: 33:26) and Sherdy on Al Hayah Al Youm (watch, runtime: 4:04).

Other candidates could be on the way: Head of the Dostour Party Gameela Ismail has received the required number of recommendations to join the ballot, while former MP Ahmed Tantawi is still trying to collect the requisite signatures, Adib added (watch, runtime: 3:24).

The House of Representatives’ response to the Europea n Parliament’s statement regarding presidential elections in Egypt also got screen time from Ala Masouleety (watch, runtime: 4:06 | 13:06), Al Hayah Al Youm (watch, runtime: 29:38) and Masaa DMC (watch, runtime: 2:08). We have more in the news well above.

The economy was near the bottom of the priority list last night:

  • FX needed before a devaluation: A future devaluation of the EGP without a stock of foreign exchange on hand will only cause harm and raise prices, ِAmr Adib said, calling on policymakers to address the root causes of our current problem (watch, runtime: 5:33).
  • Moody has lowered our credit rating: Fakhry El Fiqi, the new head of the House’s Planning and Budgeting Committee told Masaa DMC, that Moody’s downgrading of Egypt’s credit rating is “not surprising.” (watch, runtime: 7:26). We have more in the news well above.
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