The Guardian reported that ceasefire talks in Cairo between Israel and Hamas are on a “knife edge.” However, the Telegraph, Independent and Independent i cover the subsequent news that a five-day extension to the Gaza truce was agreed late last night, with the delegations set to attempt to agree a longer-term arrangement. According to reports, the core issues of the Gaza Strip’s potential disarmament, as demanded by Israel and Hamas’s request to scrap restrictions on movement in and out of Gaza are no closer to resolution and are likely to be discussed at a later date.

The Financial Times, Metro and the Sun all report that Hamas is accused of firing rockets into Israel hours before yesterday’s ceasefire came to an end. The Guardian and the Times cover an explosion in Gaza yesterday as a bomb squad detonated unexploded ordinance, killing five people including two journalists.

Meanwhile, the Financial Times includes a report from Israeli communities near the Gaza border, in which there is reported anger directed at both the government and military as the Gaza conflict drags on with no decisive end point. As a result, life in these communities is unable to return to normal.

The Times reports that anti-Semitic attacks in the UK are at a five-year high. The Daily Mail says that police have received two complaints over comments made by MP George Galloway, who recently declared Bradford an “Israel-free zone.” The Telegraph and Daily Mail say that Galloway’s fellow Bradford MP David Ward will face no disciplinary action from the Liberal Democrats after an internal investigation decided not to punish comments he made in which he said he would “probably” fire rockets at Israel if he lived in Gaza.

In other regional news, the Independent i reports that Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei has said that talks with the United States over Tehran’s nuclear programme don’t “bear any benefits.” Meanwhile, the Times online says that Sunni Jihadi group ISIS is closing in on the Syrian city of Aleppo, which if captured, could spell an end to the mainstream rebellion in Syria.

The Evening Standard and Independent i both report that Israeli app GetTaxi has raised around £89 million in a lucrative funding round.

In the Israeli media, the top story is the five-day extension agreed late last night to the Gaza ceasefire. It is the lead item in Maariv, Haaretz and Israel Hayom. However, both Makor Rishon and Yediot Ahronot highlight that rockets were fired into Israel from Gaza as the agreement was reached. Commenting in Yediot Ahronot, Alex Fishman is highly critical of the government, saying that, “Hamas is dictating the nature and the tempo of our lives, and the weak, hesitant and feeble government waits to see what it will say.”

A major item in Haaretz says that the IDF has already begun investigations into many of the incidents during Operation Protective Edge in which Gaza civilians were killed. Similarly, Maariv covers the announcement by the State Comptroller that a probe will be launched into the conduct of the political and military echelons during Operation Protective Edge.

Meanwhile, it is reported prominently by Israel Hayom, Makor Rishon and Haaretz that police will recommend that charges be brought against former-IDF Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi and two other senior army figures over the so-called ‘Harpaz Affair’ during which a forged letter was used to fuel tensions between the offices of Ashkenazi and then-Defence Minister Ehud Barak.