The BBC, Telegraph, Independent, FT and The Times reports that Israeli forces shot down a Syrian warplane which entered Israeli airspace over the Golan Heights. The BBC reports that two surface-to-air missiles were fired at the Sukhoi fighter jet. An Israeli military spokesman said the plane had crashed “most likely in the southern part of the Syrian Golan Heights”. The Telegraph reports that the pilot of the Sukhoi jet was reportedly killed after the jet was brought down by a pair of Patriot missiles. The Syrian regime said the shooting “confirms [Israel’s] support for terrorist groups” because the aircraft had been fighting jihadist forces within Southern Syria. The Independent reports that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had “made clear” that Israel “will not accept any such penetration of or spillover into our territory, neither on the ground nor from the air”. The FT reports that it was the first time in four years that Israel had downed a Syrian warplane and underlined the risk of the conflict escalating into a broader conflagration. Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus, spokesman for the IDF, said the fighter jet had taken off from the T-4 air force base in Homs province and crashed on the Syrian side of the border. The Times reports that according to the Israeli military, the jet was tracked on radar and when it approached the Golan Heights, which Israel has controlled since 1967. Israeli forces have intercepted several aircraft and drones launched from Syria since the start of the war in 2011.

On BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme, diplomatic correspondent Paul Adams reported on deteriorating mental health problems and increasing suicides in Gaza. Adams highlights that UN staff have been worried about Gaza’s men for a while. One UN health worker stated that “from the beginning of this year suicide has become a trend, mainly amongst the youth with suicidal thoughts and actions”. Adams reports further that domestic abuse is also a large concern in Gaza. Reporting from a UN clinic in Gaza, women discuss stress management and how they are beaten by their unemployed and depressed husbands. In addition to this, Save the Children stated that 95 per cent of Gaza’s children experience psychological distress.

Daniel Finkelstein writes in The Times that Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s obsession with Western imperialism as the fount of all evil means he ignores antisemitism. He says that the crux of Corbyn’s refusal to accept the IHRA anti-Semitism definition is because he “regards Israel as the ultimate racist endeavour and everyone who supports it as complicit”.

Writing in the Guardian Ali Ansari argues that the US President’s Twitter outburst aimed at Iran over the weekend was misjudged, but Iran’s economic problems can’t be blamed on the “Great Satan”. There is also little doubt that renewed verbal confrontation with the US has given hardliners in Iran cover for an entrenchment of their power, Ansari says.

The JC, Business Insider and Daily Mail reports that Israel partially reopened the Kerem Shalom crossing. The JC reports that the crossing was closed the crossing for all imports – bar humanitarian supplies – on 9 July in response to firebombs launched into Israel from Gaza. A statement by the Defence Ministry said that the crossing will only be partially opened because Hamas “has not put a complete end to terrorism, but is trying to maintain a low level of incendiary balloon launches and friction on the border fence”. Business Insider reports on a statement from Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman that Israel will resume transferring gas and fuel through the Kerem Shalom crossing in addition to the food and essential medication it has been allowing. The Daily Mail reports that Lieberman said the crossing could return to full activity soon, “conditioned on the full cessation of fire-balloon launches and friction on the fence”.

The Independent and Business Insider reports on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s comments about Israel’s Nation-State law. The Independent reports that whilst addressing Erdogan the Turkish Parliament in Ankara, Erdogan said that the “spirit of Hitler” lives on in Israel after the country it passed the “Nation-State” law. Moreover, the President stated that “the move makes Israel the world’s most Zionist, fascist, racist state”. Business Insider reports that in response to Erdogan’s accusations, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tweeted that Turkey has become a “dark dictatorship” under Erdogan.

The Israeli media is dominated by reports of the IDF shooting down a Syrian aircraft yesterday after it flew two kilometres into Israeli territory, killing at least one pilot.

Ben Caspit reports in Maariv that Russian officials initially protested the Israeli decision but were ultimately persuaded that the Israeli action was justified after being shown proof that the plane had entered Israeli airspace. A security official told Maariv yesterday: “We stressed that we do not have the option of checking the intentions of one Syrian pilot or another, but we do have the option of knowing whether our sovereignty was violated and whether a fighter jet belonging to a regime that is at war with us is in Israeli airspace. Any Syrian plane that penetrates Israeli territory will be shot down and that is a red line for us.”

In Israel Hayom, Oded Granot argues that “under circumstances in which Iran is still eager to settle scores with Israel for its attacks in Syria, when a hostile plane takes off from the T4 airbase, which is partially manned by Iranians, and flies quickly in the direction of Israel – the operators of the IDF’s anti-aircraft batteries justifiably cannot afford to take any risks, especially after warnings were conveyed”. He adds that “even if the Syrian army does honour the armistice agreement, Israel’s main problem was and remains the Iranian presence in Syria”.

The Jerusalem Post reports that a Syrian official warned last night that his country will respond “soon enough” to the incident according to a Lebanese news site. “Damascus is in no hurry to enter a war with Israel,” the unnamed source told El Nashra.

However, writing in Maariv, Yossi Melman says: “There is no war with Syria and none is on the horizon…Those two incidents [missiles heading towards Israel on Monday and the plane entering Israeli airspace on Tuesday] do not attest to any hostile intentions or operational plans by the Assad regime against Israel. They are merely a coincidence that was a byproduct of the Syrian civil war.”

Maariv reports on comments by Ayelet Shaked who promised to send infiltrators back to Eritrea. Haaretz reports that Israel recently stopped asylum seekers’ “Voluntary Departure” to Rwanda.

Kan Radio News reports that Prime Minister Netanyahu announced his support for Minister Zeev Elkin yesterday in the election for Jerusalem Mayor. Netanyahu wrote on Twitter that Elkin had done a great deal for Jerusalem and had proven that the city was close to his heart.

Haaretz reports claims by Saeb Erekat that the Palestinian leadership will ask the UN General Assembly to take steps against Israel following the passing of the Nation-State Basic Law.

Yediot Ahronot reports that Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas has vowed to continue payments to families of terrorists who are imprisoned in Israel.

Online news site Mako reports that according to a new poll, the Likud would win 30 seats if elections were held today, the same number of seats the party currently has in the Knesset. Yesh Atid would gain 19 seats with the Zionist Union gaining 15 seats. The respondents were also asked about their position on the LGBT community’s protests: 56 per cent said they supported the protest as opposed to 33 per cent who said they did not support the protest.