The Times and Guardian both report that Israel and Turkey have agreed to normalise ties following a six-year hiatus. The previously warm relationship between the two countries ended after the deaths of ten Turkish citizens who were killed whilst trying to prevent Israeli commandos taking over a Gaza-bound protest ship, the Mavi Marmara in 2010. Apparently, details of the agreement will be announced today simultaneously by Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The Guardian says that the families of Israeli soldiers, Oren Shaul and Hadar Goldin, whose bodies are presumed to be in Gaza, plus Avera Mengistu, an Israeli who wandered into Gaza two years ago, are protesting that the fate of their loved ones should be part of the deal, which includes issues of access to the Gaza Strip.

The i reports that a Jerusalem court yesterday sentenced Yishai Schlissel to a life sentence plus 31 years, for the murder last year of teenager Shira Banki at Jerusalem’s Gay Pride parade. Schlissel, an ultra-Orthodox Jew, had previously attempted to stab participants at the parade several years previously, claiming a religious motivation to do so.

The Daily Mirror notes that today marks forty years since the hijacking of the Air France flight that let to the Entebbe raid, in which Israeli commandos carried out a daring and highly successful rescue operation in Uganda, to free Israeli and Jewish hostages who were being held at an airport by Palestinian terrorists.

The Financial Times reports that Israel’s Harel Insurance and Financial Services has acquired four per cent of the Tamar natural gas field, from major shareholder, the American company Noble Energy.

The Guardian online reports that an Iranian prosecutor has said that the dual UK-Iranian citizen, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who has been held in solitary confinement for three months, is suspected of helping design a website for the Green Movement during the 2009 protests. Zaghari-Ratcliffe was prevented from leaving Iran with her young child, after a family visit. Her daughter remains with family in Iran, while her British husband has been advised not to travel to the country.

In the Israeli media, the reconciliation agreement between Israel and Turkey is the top story in Israel Hayom, Haaretz, Maariv and Yediot Ahronot, which asks whether the deal is “Reconciliation or capitulation?” Writing in Maariv, Ben Caspit says that although Israel’s partner is “problematic,” that “this reconciliation is unavoidable. It’s a good thing that it was done, and let’s hope for the best.” However, Yediot Ahronot’s Shimon Schiffer is scathing about the deal, saying that “Netanyahu has decided to capitulate to all of the demands that Erdogan set and to endorse the agreement. That is his right. He is the Prime Minister. But it is the Israelis’ ‎right to demand explanations from Netanyahu. It is their right to expect him to assume responsibility for his decision.” Kulanu’s minister Yoav Galant told Israel Radio that the agreement is important and helps isolate Iran.

The UK vote to leave the European Union (EU) remains a major story, with several pages devoted to the decision by Israel Hayom. Meanwhile, Haaretz highlights the Scottish reaction to the vote and Maariv says that a large demonstration against leaving the EU is planned for tomorrow in London.

Israel Hayom prominently reports that government ministers yesterday approved a proposal to introduce six long weekends in Israel each year. With the current weekend at least half of Friday plus Saturday, it has long been debated whether Israel can afford to make Sundays part of the weekend too. The current proposal would appear to be a workable compromise on the issue.