The nation’s talking heads continued to hone in on the war in Gaza, while Amr Adib forayed into a discussion of the government’s efforts to attract the likes of tech giant Apple into the Egyptian market.

“Israel has begun the real extermination in Gaza,” political researcher Mahmoud Mohieldin told Kelma Akhira’s Lamees El Hadidi (watch, runtime: 4:17). The Israeli army is waging war on every corner of the strip, carrying out expanded military operations in northern, central, and southern Gaza, Mohieldin said.

Humanitarian aid is in jeopardy: The continuation of Israeli military operations in Rafah at this scale would end humanitarian aid operations, UNRWA Media Advisor Adnan Abu Hasna told El Hadidi (watch, runtime: 7:16). An Israeli offensive in Rafah would be catastrophic because the city houses all of UNRWA’s relief operation centers, he said. “We have hours before we completely run out of fuel and 48 hours before we run out of food supplies,” he said.

** We have the latest on the situation in Gaza in the news well, above.

ELSEWHERE ON THE AIRWAVES- Apple in Egypt? El Hekaya’s Amr Adib turned his focus to the government's efforts to attract international companies into the local market, with a particular interest in US tech giant Apple (watch, runtime: 22:52). Adib argued that attracting foreign investment requires the state to first establish a strong industrial base, questioning what would happen if Apple entered the market amid a shortage of production supplies and a lack of infrastructure.

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