The Metro reports on the situation in the Gaza Strip where 1 million  children are enduring “unliveable” conditions. Frequent power cuts and the closure of Gaza’s only power plant in April have caused many to struggle in the summer heat. The Strip is also suffering from pollution as a result of untreated sewage backing-up into the ocean, which has led to an increase in the prevalence of waterborne diseases.

The Daily Mail reports that aid workers are concerned that Israel’s suspension of visas for new foreign charity workers will have a negative effect on aid to the Gaza Strip. The Israeli Social Affairs ministry has dismissed such claims as “false accusations”.

The Times and the Daily Mail both cover the preparations for the IDF’s biggest military exercise in two decades. The exercise will take place on the northern border with Lebanon and will simulate a mass attack by Hezbollah on Israel. The exercise will involve all branches of the IDF, with dozens of divisions and thousands of reservists taking part.

The Times reports that one of the longest ISIS sieges of the Syrian conflict is close to being lifted by Syrian government forces. The siege of Deir Ezzor has been endured by 100,000 residents for over three years. Yesterday, however, fighting was reported at the military base of the 137^th army brigade on the western outskirts of the city, indicating that the army is within two miles of the town.

The Daily Mail details the planned bid by India’s state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp for Israeli offshore oil-and-gas exploration blocks. A delegation from India visited Israel last month to discuss the tender for blocks in the Mediterranean Sea.

Xan Brooks in the Guardian has given a four star review to the Israeli film-maker Samuel Maoz’s Foxtrot. The film is set in a surreal version of Israel, and Brooks calls it a “a nightmarish triptych of loss, waste and grief that is nonetheless arranged with such visionary boldness that it dares us to look away”. The film is currently screening at the Venice film festival.

All the Israeli media focus on the latest arrests for alleged bribe-taking in the “Case 3000” submarine affair.  All the papers cover the arrest of a former government minister, whist Yediot Ahronot suggests Minister Yuval Steinitz will be interviewed and asked to give evidence.

Maariv and Yediot Ahronot continue to investigate the connection between the conversations between the Prime Minister and Israel Hayom owner Sheldon Adelson, and the favourable headlines to Netanyahu that were published by Israel Hayom. Yediot Ahronot quotes Zionist Union MK Stav Shaffir: “The findings require an examination and a criminal investigation, which will reveal to Israel’s citizens how for many years the Prime Minister received a forbidden contribution, estimated at billions of shekels, with the sole aim of keeping him in power, while publicly eliminating his political rivals.” Whilst according to Maariv, Likud sources see this demand as a plot to cut the party’s funding and topple it at the next election.

Haaretz reveals that during last week’s debate in the UN Security Council on a resolution to renew the mandate of the UN peacekeeping forces (UNIFIL) in southern Lebanon, Russia worked behind the scenes to protect Hezbollah. According to an internal Foreign Ministry cable, “the Russians watched from the side and their red line was that they would not consent to Hezbollah being named in the resolution”.

Both Yediot Ahronot and Maariv reveal Mossad efforts to track down prominent Nazis in the aftermath of the Holocaust, including the notorious Dr Mengele, and how their efforts ultimately failed.

Yediot Ahronot reports that Mercedes are investing US $200 million in Israeli start-up Via. Via’s technology allows passengers to share their ride, providing on-demand transportation on a mass scale using a powerful algorithm that matches them with cars going in their direction.

The Jerusalem Post cover the Attorney-General’s decision to indict Likud MK Oren Hazan for attacking Ariel’s city council chairman in 2014. Mandelblit had said he would likely indict Hazan as early as December. A Justice Ministry statement said that Hazan hurled the chairman into a railing, swore at the mayor and threatened to have him sacked.

Yediot Ahronot notes with concern that Israel’s water levels have reached a new low.  The last few years of decreased rainfall have led to a record low water level in August, according to the Water Authority. However, the paper also notes “due to the desalination plants, the dropping water levels at Israel’s natural water sources do not affect the availability of drinking water in Israel”. Yet, “in the absence of rain and continued decline in the natural water sources, nature, agriculture and the environment around us are seriously hurt”.