It was a mixed bag on the airwaves last night, with Madbouly’s presser on the economy grabbing the attention of the nation’s talking heads and fears of regional escalation following the suspected Israeli drone strike in Beirut keeping everyone talking late into the night.

Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly’s presser sought to drive home an important message to the citizens, cabinet spokesperson Mohamed El Homsani told Ala Masouleety’s host Ahmed Moussa. Reforming the economy is a gradual and often difficult process, but the government will always support “low income earners,” Homsani stressed. The spokesperson said that Madbouly wanted to highlight that “the government has clear vision and plans for the economic reforms and the challenges we face due to the global economic crisis.”

** We have a full run-down of the presser in the news well, above.

War & (very little chance of) Peace: If Hezbollah head Hassan Nasrallah decides to retaliate to the suspected Israeli drone strike in Beirut that killed Hamas’ deputy leader, it would be an isolated and small-scale response to “target [the inside of] the occupied territories … maybe Jerusalem or Tel Aviv” or assassinate “a major [Israeli] figure,” Maj. Gen. Samir Ragheb told Sherif Amer. However, Ragheb ruled out the possibility of Nasrallah declaring a full war on Israel, adding that even “the US wouldn’t [stand still]” like it does with Gaza and that none of the involved parties want a full-scale war. (Yahduth Fi Misr | watch, runtime: 3:24) (Al Hayah Al Youm | watch, runtime: 10:09 | 1:49) (Masa DMC | watch, runtime: 16:32)

Lamees is not happy about the new travel regulations: Kelma Akhira’s Lamees El Hadidy claimed that the government’s new regulations mandating that minors under the age of 18 obtain prior permission from the authorities before traveling alone outside Egypt were unconstitutional during her show on Tuesday. “The decision makes things difficult for millions of people who want to travel just to prevent a couple of thousand people from migrating illegally”, El Hadidy told her viewers (watch, runtime: 1:26).

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