The Telegraph online covers media reports in Israel which suggest that a major breakthrough has been made in one or more cases of Jewish terror. The issue is subject to a gag order and so no other details are available, but the article speculates that the investigation in question is the killing of several family members in an arson at a house in the Palestinian village of Duma in the West Bank in July. Racist graffiti found nearby at the time indicated that the fire was a hate crime and Israeli authorities have subsequently made several arrests.

The Daily Mail and the online edition of the Independent both cover a New York Times report which claims that the eleven Israeli athletes who were held hostage and then murdered by Palestinian terrorists at the Olympic Games in Munich in 1972, were also tortured and brutally beaten. The gruesome details have been revealed by the wives of the athletes, who were given access to unpublished documents and photos. The terrorists always claimed that they never meant to harm the athletes but merely to secure the release of fellow terrorists being held in Israeli prisons.

The Daily Mail reports that Israel’s Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial has honoured an American serviceman, Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds, 70 years after he refused to separate his Jewish colleagues at the request of Nazi officers in a German prisoner of war camp.

The Independent and Independent i both cover the discovery by Israeli archaeologists of a royal seal thought to belong to Jewish ruler King Hezekiah from around 700 BC. The seal was discovered near the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, a sensitive religious site holy to both Jews and Muslims which has been a focal point of current violence.

The Independent, Guardian and the online edition of the Financial Times all cover the publication of an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report into the possible military dimensions of Iran’s nuclear programme. The long-anticipated report concludes that that there was a weapons programme until 2003 including basic experiments and further sporadic weapons work until 2009. Iran has always insisted that its nuclear programme is purely for peaceful means. The report is considered influential in the implementation of July’s long-term nuclear agreement between Iran and the P5+1 powers (US, UK, France, Russia, China and Germany).

The online editions of the Guardian and Telegraph this morning cover the first RAF Tornado jets taking off from Cyprus to bomb ISIS targets in Syria, following last night’s House of Commons vote in favour of air strikes.

The Guardian online says that an Egyptian journalist was detained in Cairo on return from delivering a lecture in Berlin, accused of spreading false news. The arrest has raised concerns over increased infringement of press freedom in Egypt.

In the Israeli media, Israel Hayom leads with the State Comptroller’s report into financing political parties’ primaries ahead of March’s general election. Several MKs were fined for overspending on permitted limits. However, the main focus of Israel Hayom’s coverage is controversial Likud MK Oren Hazan, who is accused of having lied in an affidavit to the State Comptroller over his expenses. As the report notes, such an act is a criminal offence and Hazan could face charges. Hazan’s behaviour has been under the spotlight since March, with Channel Two accusing him of hiring out prostitutes and using drugs while running a bar in Bulgaria.

The top story in Haaretz is the IAEA report which concluded that Iran did work on developing nuclear weapons, intensively until 2003 and more sporadically until 2009. The article includes the response of Israel’s Prime Minister’s Office, which says that the IAEA report highlights Iran’s “fraud and concealment” and urges the international community to continue the probe in order to clarify the programme’s “current status.”

Meanwhile, Ynet highlights a new IDF five-year plan. The focus of the plan apparently is a considerable increase in strategic supplies for combat operations, including ammunition, fuel, food and replacement parts. This will apparently take precedent over the procurement of new weapons for the time being.