The Guardian and the i report on the Syrian regime’s successes in Aleppo, in which they have captured over a third of the territory of the besieged city in the last two days. Syrian government forces are reportedly being assisted by Hezbollah fighters and other Iranian-backed Shia militias, which include Palestinians.

The Daily Mail and the BBC report on Israel’s targeting of additional ISIS infrastructure on the Syrian border, following ISIS fighters’ engagement of Israeli forces yesterday. The fighters were killed in an earlier strike, and the Israeli military subsequently performed a mission to destroy an abandoned UN peacekeeping facility which had been used as the base for the attack.

The i covers Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s phone call to Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas to thank him for sending four firefighting teams to help put out the blazes across Israel over the past week. The article states that Palestinian crews joined those from Russia, Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Croatia and Turkey to quell the fires which saw tens of thousands forced to flee their homes.

The Times reports on the Knesset Bill to limit the level of noise of the Muezzin in Israeli towns and cities. The article reports on internal Israeli division on this issue and the concern that it could also prevent the Jewish pre-Sabbath siren. An amendment to the bill has therefore been introduced to limit noise only between 11pm and 7am, thereby restricting only the 4.45am Muezzin call.

The Financial Times has a feature on Israel’s cybersecurity industry based on Beer Sheva, highlighting the beneficial impact that the country’s military conscription has had on producing highly skilled young people, who have the unusual combination of considerable technical experience while still young enough to start a career and be willing to take risks.

In the Israeli media, Maariv also reports on the so-called Muezzin bill, quoting President Reuven Rivlin as asking, “Why do we need this bill?” ‎though the article also assesses that the Muezzin bill will pass in today’s Knesset vote. Maariv also reports Rivlin’s conversation with Turkish leader Erdogan following Turkey’s assistance in fighting the fires, in which Erdogan expressed dismay at the message the Muezzin bill sends to Muslim allies.

Also the Israeli media, Yediot Ahronot reports that a six hour cabinet meeting on the Amona outpost issue  did not lead to firm conclusions and that Israel’s Attorney General Avichai Mandelbit will present his proposal to the security cabinet today. This move is an attempt to avoid the need for the Regulation bill, which would allow the state to expropriate private Palestinian property without the requirement of a compelling and urgent public need. Mandelblit has already stated that he could not justify the Regulation bill in international or Israeli law, but he faces serious political opposition due to its importance for coalition cohesion and party support.  Yediot Ahronot further notes comments made by  Prime Minister Netanyahu that senior Israeli officials could be prosecuted by the International Criminal Court if the Regulation bill is passed.

Times of Israel  covers comments by former Prime Minsiter and Defence Minister Ehud Barak in which he criticises Prime Minister Netanyahu. Barak said:“The nationalist spirit of the leaders of the right, chief among them Netanyahu, is the central threat today to Israel’s future, its identity, its cohesiveness, and its strength.” Barak has been one of Netanyahu’s most vociferous critics since leaving politics in 2013.

Yediot Ahronot and Israel Army Radio report on Ultra-Orthodox Shas Party’s new bill to prevent non-Orthodox prayer at the Western Wall. The government has already approved a plan to designate a place for Reform and Liberal prayer at the south of the Plaza, but this bill would define the whole site as “sacred under the jurisdiction of the Chief Rabbinate,” thereby allowing the Orthodox authority to determine permissible prayer arrangements.