The war in Gaza dominated the nation’s talk shows for the ninth straight night, with presenters focusing on aid stranded at the Rafah crossing. The crossing was hit with airstrikes yesterday for the fourth time.

“More than 1 mn citizens in Gaza are homeless,” following the destruction of over 5k residential buildings and 14 hospitals, the Palestinian Ambassador to Cairo Diab Al Louh told Fi Al Masa’ Ma’ Qaswa’ (watch, runtime: 7:57). Palestinian National Initiative Secretary-General Mustafa Barghouti told Kelma Akhira that Israel is engaging in ethnic cleansing in Gaza. He also detailed the reasons for the delay in Israel’s ground invasion into Gaza (watch, runtime: 11:27).

The Gaza side of the Rafah crossing has been hit again by Israeli airstrikes,El Hekaya said (watch, runtime: 22:24). Senior Red Crescent official Raed Abdel Nasser told Kelma Akhira that the airstrike was designed to obstruct the delivery of aid to Gaza (watch, runtime: 5:25). The news also received coverage from Ala Masouleety (watch, runtime: 4:16 | 4:39).

Osama Kamal addressed US President Joe Biden’s comments that occupying Gaza “would be a grave mistake” on Masaa DMC (watch, runtime: 2:31).

Egypt is monitoring the readiness of our health facilities to receive wounded, injured, saysHealth Ministry spokesperson Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, who appeared on several shows including Salet El Tahrir (watch, runtime: 4:02) and Masaa DMC (watch, runtime: 5:20).

A truce looks unlikely, but Lamees El Hadidi predicted that there could be a breakthrough allowing aid to enter into Gaza after President Abdel Fattah El Sisi received a phone call from US President Joe Biden last night. She added that Russian President Vladimir Putin could intervene and support a de-escalation of the conflict (watch, runtime: 00:43 | 5:13). Al Hayah Al Youm gave coverage to the upcoming summit to be held in Cairo this Saturday, to address the ongoing conflict (watch, runtime: 8:25).

Also on the airwaves last night:

  • Food price controls: The government and private sector initiative to reduce the prices of basic food commodities will take between a week and 10 days to roll out, head of the Federation of Egyptian Industries’ food division Ashraf El Gazayerli told El Hekaya (watch, runtime: 5:10).
  • Suez Canal revenues will rise 30% this year to reach USD 10.3 bn, supported by the Suez Canal Authority’s flexible marketing policy, the authority’s head Osama Rabie said last night on Masaa DMC (watch, runtime: 5:49) and Al Hayah Al Youm (watch, runtime: 4:28).
  • EGX30 reaches record high: The Egyptian stock exchange’s EGX30 hit over 21k points — its highest level in six months — receiving coverage from Masaa DMC, which spent time looking into the reasons for its rise. (watch, runtime: 5:04)
Tags: