The Telegraph, Times and the online edition of the Guardian all report that a new 24-hour extension to the Gaza truce has been agreed between Israeli and Palestinian delegations during talks in Cairo. However, there is little suggestion that the negotiations are any closer to producing a longer-term ceasefire. The Telegraph notes that Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday said that the country is prepared for “every scenario,” in an indication of the precarious status of the talks.

A feature in the Guardian examines the long-abandoned Gaza international airport and plans to develop a sea port, with both projects significant factors in the Cairo negotiations. A separate item in the Guardian reports that the International Criminal Court (ICC) has been criticised by some jurists for its apparent reluctance to investigate the conflict in Gaza, with some suggesting that the Court has acquiesced to Israeli and American pressure.

The Independent i reports that Israel’s Shin Bet security service yesterday announced that it had uncovered and foiled a Hamas plot to overthrow the Palestinian Authority (PA) led by PA President Mahmoud Abbas, in the West Bank. Having made more than 90 arrests, the Shin Bet said that it found significant amounts of weaponry and money among an advanced network of Hamas activists, who had hoped to foment violence and chaos.

The Times, Daily Mirror, Daily Star, Evening Standard and the online edition of the Independent all note a controversial wedding which took place in Israel this week between a Muslim man and a Jewish woman. Such marriages between the two communities are not common and a fringe right-wing group organised a protest outside the celebration, which also attracted a counter-protest. All articles note that senior Israeli politicians including President Reuven Rivlin expressed outrage at the opposition to the marriage.

The Telegraph reports that UK Jewish community leaders have condemned recent Gaza protests at supermarkets which sell Israeli goods, calling such intimidation “especially troubling” for UK Jews. Writing in the Telegraph, Stephen Pollard says that the decision by a Sainsbury’s store manager to remove all kosher products for fear that they would be targeted by protestors is a worrying example of the increasing normalisation of anti-Semitism under the guise of protests against Israeli actions.

In other regional news, the Independent i notes that International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Yukiya Amano met with Iran’s President Rouhani to discuss cooperation over a long-stalled investigation into Iran’s nuclear capabilities.

In the Israeli media, the top item is the extension of the Gaza truce by a further 24 hours and suggestions that a “narrow” agreement could be in the works, under which Israel would relax some restrictions to facilitate Gaza reconstruction, in return for quiet. It is the top item in Yediot Ahronot, Haaretz, Maariv and Israel Hayom, which says that, “Understandings are being formulated.” Israel Radio news says that talks between the delegations will resume today. Writing in Yediot Ahronot, Alex Fishman says that Israel favours at least a limited agreement, as “In the absence of an arrangement, the flow of humanitarian aid will be slow and cumbersome … there won’t be a supervisory mechanism in place to ensure that none of the materials entering the Gaza Strip are being used for terrorist purposes.”

The other major story, which is the lead item in Makor Rishon, is the revelation yesterday by the Shin Bet security agency that it had uncovered a Hamas plan to overthrow the PA in the West Bank. Israel Radio news says that PA President Mahmoud Abbas has ordered an investigation into the Shin Bet claims and said that if true, it could have “very dangerous consequences.”