The Financial Times reports that the first official visit of an Indian Prime Minister to Israel is taking place today. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will discuss closer ties, putting “the seal on an increasingly close relationship”.

The Times reports that the widow and young children of a Palestinian man who drove a truck into a crowd in Jerusalem in January and killed four Israeli troops are being sued by Israel. The money would be used to compensate the victims’ families and pay for burial expenses.

The Times reports that the Home Office has announced that hundreds of Iraqis, Palestinians and Kurds are to be offered sanctuary under an expanded of a programme to bring vulnerable Syrian refugees to the UK. The Guardian reports that Home Secretary Amber Rudd reached the decision following advice from the UNHCR about how to address the needs of vulnerable refugees in the region.

The Guardian reports that Israel is moving forward with plans to build 1,800 new housing units in East Jerusalem, in what it calls “the largest proposed surge in construction in recent years”. The plans will be considered by the Jerusalem District Planning Committee this month.

The Evening Standard features a response by UAE Ambassador to London Sulaiman Almazroui to BBC World Affairs Editor John Simpson’s article of 29 June lamenting the “Western silence over the threat to Al Jazeera”. Almazroui argues that Al Jazeera Arabic “has a history of inciting hatred and promoting terrorism,” claiming the network “has been a mouthpiece for al-Qaeda, the Nusra Front, Hamas [and] Hezbollah”.

The BBC reports that a Jewish extremist has been convicted of setting fire to a Roman Catholic Church in Tabgha, Israel in 2015. Local media reported that Yinon Reuveni was connected to a number of other hate crimes, and had linked up with other extremists before attacking the church.

All the Israeli papers prominently cover the Labour party leadership election.  Yediot Ahronot reflects that today 52,000 members will vote, compared to 300,000 members in 1996.  The paper notes that while all the candidates would be worthy ministerial appointments none of them have the gravitas to strike a serious challenge to the Prime Minister. Haaretz suggest Amir Peretz is the leading candidate, but it will be a close contest.

Maariv reports an IDF Skylark drone fell last night in the southern Gaza Strip. The IDF said that the circumstances were being examined.  Last week there was a similar incident in the Bethlehem area.

Yediot Ahronot notes the continued rapprochement between Egypt and Hamas, suggesting the Egyptians are completing preparations to open the Rafah crossing in September, which will enable free passage of Palestinian citizens from the Gaza Strip to Egypt and back.

Maariv reports on the conference yesterday held in the Knesset, arranged by the Joint Arab List against the occupation entitled “Annexation laws: from creeping to running”.

Maariv reports Shas Chairman Aryeh Deri’s comments that: “There has been a severe incitement campaign in the last few days against the Haredi public and the Haredi parties, a campaign of disinformation, as if we had decided to impose an Halachic state and take control of the Western Wall. I want to put things in place—this is a lie. This is an incitement campaign by people who want to dismantle the government.”

Yediot Ahronot continues to report the dispute at Hadassah hospital over the future of the children’s cancer department.  Today they announced that the mediation demanded by the high court has failed.

Haaretz reflect on one year on from the failed coup attempt in Turkey and the mass protests against Erdogan.

Yediot Ahronot also cover environmental damage and a polluted riverbed in the Judean desert as a result of an industrial leak.

Kan radio news reports that Qatar has informed Hamas that as long as no comprehensive solution is found to the crisis between Hamas and the Palestinian Authority (PA), it would no longer pay for supplying electricity to the Gaza Strip.