Much like the last eight days, the war in Gaza remained the focus of last night’s talk show coverage as Israel intensified its bombardment, displacing almost 1 mn Palestinians.

“In Gaza there is no safe place,” Al Qahera News bureau chief Mona Okal told Lamees El Hadidi on Kelma Akhira, which also covered Israeli preparations for a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip (watch, runtime: 11:22 | 4:49). Former Palestinian Authority minister Qaddoura Fares told Masaa DMC that the death toll in the Gaza Strip has reached over 2.2k people including more than 700 children, (watch, runtime: 8:15). El Hekaya (watch, runtime: 7:13 | 2:03 | 3:18), Al Hayah Al Youm (watch, runtime: 5:29), and Masaa DMC (watch, runtime: 5:14) also had the story.

El Sisi calls for peace: “Liquidating the Palestinian issue is unacceptable and every conflict that does not lead to peace is futile and unreliable,” President Abdel Fattah El Sisi told a crowd at a military academy graduation ceremony, (watch, runtime: 19:53). El Sisi’s speech got coverage on El Hekaya (watch, runtime: 15:48) and Ala Masouleety (watch, runtime: 2:32).

At the border: Egypt’s refusal to allow US passport holders to cross the Rafah border in Sinai and the mobilization of aid in preparation for its entry into Gaza received coverage on most of last night’s programs including Kelma Akhira (watch, runtime: 1:15 | 3:28), Ala Masouleety (watch, runtime: 15:54), and Al Hayah Al Youm (watch, runtime: 5:49).

“The idea of displacing Palestinians will fail and Israel’s crimes in Gaza will not be tolerated,” Arab League Assistant Secretary-General Hossam Zaki told Ahmed Moussa on Ala Masouleety (watch, runtime: 12:54). This message was later reiterated by the Palestinian Ambassador to Egypt Diab Al Louh (watch, runtime: 12:35). US State Department regional spokesman Samuel Warberg also told Hadith fi Misr on Thursday that “neither the US nor Israel can displace people from Gaza and move them to Egypt,” (watch, runtime: 18:41).

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