President Abdel Fattah El Sisi’s meeting with Israeli PM Naftali Bennett was the talk of the airwaves last night: We have more on the story in this morning’s Diplomacy section, above.

Covid still got its regular slot in the coverage: The pandemic’s fourth wave will not peak until the end of October, presidential health advisor Mohamed Awad Tag El Din said in a phone call on Ala Mas’ouleety (watch, runtime: 3:17). He said vaccination would become mandatory in some cases if the progress of the pandemic necessitated it and enough vaccines were available, adding that Egypt is studying whether to expand the range of vaccines we’re now making here at home.

About 8 mn Egyptians have so far received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, and 25% of that number have received two doses, said Awad Tag El Din (watch, runtime: 6:17). This is up 500k from three weeks ago, when Health Minister Hala Zayed said that 7.5 mn people had received at least one dose of a vaccine. Egypt is aiming to vaccinate 40 mn citizens by the end of the year.