It was a very opinionated night on the airwaves, with the nation’s talking heads giving their two cents on the latest political developments in Israel’s war on Gaza and the boycotts against Israel-supporting companies.

What’s the IHRC doing in response to the Israeli attacks on Gaza? “War crimes include displacement, targeting places like hospitals and UN offices, and Israel is guilty of them,” International Human Rights Commission (IHRC) official Haissam Said Bou Said told Kelma Akhira’s Lamees El Hadidi (watch,runtime: 11:37). Israel is deliberately targeting civilian locations to frighten civilians and force them to flee Gaza, he added. We have the latest on the situation in Gaza in this morning’s War Watch, above.

Your boycott is doing more harm than good, says Adib: El Hekaya’s Amr Adib criticized the ongoing boycott of brands believed by some consumers to have voiced support for Israel (watch, runtime: 18:08). The boycott causes local franchises of international brands to see a significant dip in sales, which in turn pushes them to lay off workers, he explained. “There are hundreds of thousands of people working for these local franchises … you are standing with the people of Palestine, but who is standing with the people of Egypt?” he asked.

Moussa voices criticism of Hamas head over border comments: Ala Maso’uleety’s Ahmed Moussa (watch, runtime: 3:10) attacked Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh calling him a liar for his comments calling on Egypt to open the Rafah border to let in Gazans. “The border is open, we’re taking in tens of wounded Gazans every single day,” Moussa said, adding that “Egyptians are more concerned about the people of Gaza than Haniyeh.” The Hamas leader wants the Egyptian-Palestinian border to open up to all Gazans seeking to flee, while Egypt has only opened the border for injured Gazans and foreign-passport holders.

No one is happy with Nasrallah’s speech: Most analysts have reached the same conclusion on Hezbollah head Hassan Nasrallah’s recent speech that “he should’ve stayed silent,” Middle East Forum for Strategic Studies head Samir Ghattas told Adib (watch, runtime: 9:27). “Nasrallah hasn't been making public appearances since 2006, and that is not a sign of power,” Ghattas said and added that “Nasrallah has gone from the leader of a strong political power to a subpar political analyst.” Ahmed Moussa also jumped in and argued that Nasrallah’s “main concern was clearing his name and Iran’s name from the events of 7 October.” (watch, runtime: 6:50).

ALSO- Israeli protests against Netanyahu: Thousands of Israelis gathered yesterday in opposition to the war on Gaza and called on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to resign. (Masa’a DMC | watch, runtime: 0:37)

Busy day for El Sisi: President Abdel Fattah El Sisi yesterday met up with Lebanese PM Najib Mikati and World Food Program Executive Director Cindy McCain. (Masa’a DMC | watch, runtime: 2:48 | 0:42)

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