Coverage of Israel’s ongoing search for three teenagers kidnapped last week in the West Bank continues. The Times, Independent, Guardian and Independent i all note that Israeli security forces have continued to make arrests in the West Bank, targeting Hamas activists. Israel’s government has said that Hamas is responsible for the abductions. Meanwhile, the Times notes that Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas, who recently entered into a unity pact with Hamas, yesterday condemned the kidnappers and called for continued security cooperation with Israeli forces. His comments were criticised by Hamas as harmful to Palestinian reconciliation.

The Telegraph online reports on the nuclear talks in Vienna between Iranian officials and representatives of the P5+1 powers (US, UK, France, Russia, China and Germany). The two sides have started to draft a long-term agreement, but the article quotes Iran’s Foreign Minister Zarif who said that “fundamental disagreements” remain.

In Syria, the Times online reports that the Syrian Air Force, loyal to President Assad, has attacked a refugee camp on the Jordanian border with crude barrel bombs, killing dozens. Meanwhile, the Telegraph online reports that international chemical weapons inspectors say that Assad’s forces have “most likely” used chemical weapons such as chlorine in a “systematic manner.”

The Guardian says that Iraq’s government has asked the United States to carry out air strikes to help repel the gains being made by the Sunni Jihadist group ISIS. The same article says that both Iran and Hezbollah have indicated that they may send troops into Iraq in an attempt to protect holy Shi’ite shrines. Meanwhile, the online editions of the Guardian and Independent both cover Prime Minister David Cameron’s comments in the House of Commons yesterday, during which he warned that ISIS is planning to attack the United Kingdom. Cameron also said that since the start of 2013, 65 arrests have been made and 14 passports seized in connection with the violence in Syria.

In the Israeli media, the continuing operation to locate the three kidnapped teenagers continues to dominate. Yediot Ahronot and Maariv lead with the phone call to the police which was placed by one of the abducted youngsters to alert them to the kidnapping, but which was apparently ignored for several hours. A recording of the call was played to the families of the three boys yesterday, described by Israel Hayom as a “spine-tingling moment.” Makor Rishon focuses on the police investigation into the failure to take the call seriously, with Yediot Ahronot alleging that a police cover-up took place to hide the error.

Meanwhile, the headlines in Maariv and Israel Hayom focus on Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s condemnation yesterday of the kidnapping. He claimed that those who carried out the abduction, thought to be Hamas, are trying to destroy the PA.

In an analysis in Maariv, Yossi Melman says that beyond attempting to find the kidnapped youngsters, Israel’s operation is “intended to target Hamas infrastructure: institutions associated with the organization have been closed, bank accounts and computers have been confiscated, and operatives have been arrested.”

Israel Radio news says that Israel’s Air Force struck five targets last night in the Gaza Strip, after four rockets were launched from Gaza into southern Israel. One struck a home, but no injuries were reported.