BBC News, The Guardian, Sky News, The Telegraph, The Independent, The Financial Times,Reuters, ITV News, and The Times all report that Israel has claimed it killed Hezbollah’s top military commander, Fuad Shukur, in an airstrike on a south Beirut suburb launched in retaliation for a rocket attack that killed 12 children at the weekend. Sky News reports that the cycle of attacks by Israel and Hezbollah are becoming increasingly hard to stop. BBC News looks at this new escalation and where it may end up.

BBC News, The Telegraph, The Guardian, Reuters, Sky News, The Independent, ITV News, The Daily Mail and The Times report that Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh has been killed in an Israeli attack in the Iranian capital, the group has said. According to Iranian media, Haniyeh was staying at a building for war veterans in Tehran when the attack occurred around 02:00 (00:00 GMT). Some reports suggest he was killed in an air strike. The Times also asks what his death means for the war in Gaza.

The Economist publishes a piece explaining who the Druze community are. The children killed in Majdal Shams were Druze children.

The Guardian reports that the escalating crisis in Lebanon and legal difficulties in defining UK arms exports used solely for offensive purposes has prompted Britain to delay making a decision on banning some arms sales to Israel.

The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Independent, and BBC News, report that the IDF has charged a reservist with aggravated abuse of Palestinian prisoners, a spokesperson said on Tuesday, as nine other soldiers appeared in military court for an initial hearing over allegations they had sexually abused a detainee from Gaza. The Financial Times, The Times and The New Statesman report that far-right protesters have stormed two army bases in Israel in response to the arrests.

BBC News reports that increasing numbers of bereaved parents in Israel are asking for sperm from the bodies of their sons – many of them soldiers – to be extracted and frozen. Some rules on the procedure have been relaxed in the wake of the 7 October Hamas attacks, but families are angry and frustrated about the lengthy legal processes they face.

BBC News also reports that thousands of displaced Gazans have returned to the ruins of the southern city of Khan Younis, after a week-long Israeli operation ended.

BBC News also reports that the Paris prosecutor’s office has opened an investigation into possible antisemitic crimes during an Olympic football match. Olympic organisers had lodged a complaint with police, after a “banner bearing a political message was displayed” during a Group D game between Israel and Paraguay on Saturday, a spokesperson said.

The Daily Mail has published a testimony from a man who says he was raped and attacked by Hamas on October 7th.

The Guardian reports that campaigners have said “there is an overwhelming case for the UK to intervene to stop a US oil tanker carrying 300,000 barrels of jet fuel for use by Israel in Gaza from docking in Gibraltar”, according to a letter from a cross-party group of MPs addressed to David Lammy, the UK foreign secretary.

The Times reports that King’s College London will revise its investment policy into arms companies after pro-Gaza protests from the student body on its campuses. In a statement on Instagram, Hassan Ali, vice-president of the King’s College London Students Union, said: “The university will no longer invest in companies engaged in the production or distribution of controversial weapons.”

The Times also reports that model Bella Hadid says she “regrets” her recent advert with Adidas saying she would have “never have taken part” if she had been aware of the connection to the 1972 Munich Olympics.

The Times publishes an article by Natasha Hausdorff, who argues that a ban on arms exports to Israel would only help Iran.

Writing for Haaretz, Amos Harel argues that “Netanyahu only stands to gain from the agents of chaos who stormed two IDF bases”, which he says “sparks worry and sorrow on a scale not experienced here since Hamas’ massacre on October 7”. He writes that “suspicions are growing that the Sde Teiman base was a kind of local Abu Ghraib, a venue for abuse similar to what Americans did in Iraq after occupying it in 2003”, and strongly condemns the Prime Minister for equating these events with anti-judicial reform protests. He also raises concern about the impact of National Security Minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir’s control of the Israeli Police who he notes “use violence against anti-government protesters, [but] haven’t arrested anyone over the break-ins at two bases.”

Also reporting on this issue for Haaretz, Jonathan Lis and Bar Peleg describe how the Defence Minister, Yoav Gallant, has written to the prime minister requesting he probes the National Security Minister’s role in delaying the Israeli Police’s response to military bases being broken into by far-right mobs. In another Haaretz article, Josh Breiner describes discomfort amongst senior Israeli Police officers following a slow response to the riots at Sde Teiman and Beit Lid, noting that no arrests were made at the time or on the scene.

Haaretz and Yediot Ahronot both report on a stabbing attack which took place close to the West Bank settlement of Kiryat Arba, leaving an Israeli man in his 50s “seriously wounded” after his car was first shot at. The terrorist is reported to have fled the scene following attack, and is yet to be found and apprehended.

Writing for Ynet, Yoav Zitun describes the IDF’s 98^th Division’s recent operations in Khan Yunis and how it “destroyed 100 km of Hamas tunnels, damaged 75 percent of Hamas’ capabilities and rescued the bodies of 5 hostages” in the space of eight days. Zitun also reports how the division “came close to capturing Yahya Sinwar, who is walking around in flip flops and unarmed in the tunnels”, and describes how the 98^th Division had established a joint special forces and Shin Bet team to deceive Hamas into entering tunnels where they can then be eliminated.

Israel Hayom reports that Iran is attempting to sabotage President Trump’s attempts to return to the White House “through coordinated online activities, according to an American intelligence agency source who spoke to the Wall Street Journal”. It now appears that Tehran is explicitly aiming to undermine Trump’s chances of being elected as President of the United States due to concerns that he would adopt a harsher stance towards Tehran acting as an “agent of chaos” in this election campaign. However, “officials [also] reiterated the claim that Moscow remains the greatest threat to the US election process”