A raid on a National Bank of Egypt (NBE) branch in North Sinai’s Al Arish, likely by terrorists,played out heavily on the airwaves last night, as did widespread debate about [redacted] harassment and “debauchery.”

The background on the Sinai bank raid: Seven people were reported killed in North Sinai’s Al Arish yesterday when terrorists launched “a two-pronged assault,” attacking security forces guarding an unused church while others robbed a local branch of the National Bank of Egypt, the Associated Press reports. Among the victims were three civilians, including a child. This comes a day after terror attacks in North Sinai’s Karam El Kawadis left 24 terrorists and six soldiers dead. The American embassy in Cairo condemned yesterday’s attacks.

NBE’s CEO for Retail and SMEs, Hazem Hegazy, told Hona Al Asema’s Lamees Al Hadidithat a group of armed men stormed the branch and proceeded to steal somewhere between EGP 5 and 10 mn from its vaults. The attackers killed three soldiers in addition to the bank’s security personnel, while four other people were injured (watch, runtime 4:04).

Security sources told Yahduth fi Masr’s Sherif Amer that the robbers got their hands on some EGP 17 mn, and that security forces thwarted another attempted robbery on a Banque Misr branch in North Sinai. That figure more or less gels with reporting from AP.

Banque Misr temporarily closed two branches after the attack on NBE for security purposes, and will coordinate with security forces to reopen them today, Vice Chairman Akef El Maghraby told Lamees. The bank is also trying to reduce the amount of cash being held at these branches as much as possible while maintaining the necessary amounts to supply customers, according to El Maghraby (watch, runtime 3:17).

Kol Youm’s Amr Adib tried to make some vague point about the Arish attacks and the need to present a united front against terror (watch, runtime 6:08) and then dove deeply into a Thomson Reuters Foundation Poll on the most dangerous megacities for women, which Cairo topped (we have more in Speed Round, below). The host was particularly irked by the prevalence of [redacted] harassment of women in the workplace (watch, runtime 6:12). AUC sociology professor Hany Henry told Adib that many victims are wary of speaking out about their experience in a victim-shaming culture (watch, runtime 5:35).

National Women’s Council chief Maya Morsi called in to tell Adib that there is a law currently in the works that will outline penalties for harassment in the workplace and encouraged harassment victims to report incidents to the council (watch, runtime 6:47).

Back on Hona Al Asema, Moushira Khattab told Lamees that internal divisions among African and Arab countries caused “scattered voting” that cost her the top UNESCO job and played out in France’s interest. Lebanon apparently notified Khattab’s campaign that it had not voted for the Egyptian candidate. She also said that Egypt has officially submitted an investigation request into alleged violations during the election process, saying that the final round of voting was fishy (watch, runtime 44:53).

Masaa DMC’s Eman El Hosary was still fixated on efforts to contain the LGBTQcommunity in Egypt, talking to MPs about a draft law that would make it a criminal offense to “encourage” homosexuality. House Religious Committee chair Shoukry El Gendy downplayed the issue overall, saying the LGBTQ community in Egypt is too small to warrant new legislation — existing laws will do just fine to suppress them (watch, runtime 7:17). There are no words, we swear.