The Financial Times and Times reports on the decision of Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain and Egypt to cut diplomatic relations and transport links with Qatar, claiming its policies fuel “terrorism and extremism”. The Times reports assesses the decision to be an attempt by Saudi Arabia to assert “Saudi hegemony over an unruly junior partner”, and force Qatar to align its economic policies with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). The Guardian reports that Qatar is under “complete blockade” following the closure of the only land route into the country as well as surrounding airspaces. The latter is likely to have a disastrous effect on the prospects for Qatar airways; the effective isolation of Qatar poses an issue for a population heavily reliant on food imports.

The Metro also covered this story, noting that the decision to cut relations was reached following a Qatari payment of £770m to an al-Qaeda group and Iranian forces.

The i features an article by Donald Macintyre on the 50 years since the Six-Day War, and the prospects for the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. Referencing Nathan Thrall’s book The Only Language They Understand, Macintyre argues that “there is no hope for a breakthrough unless the international community forces it on the parties”.

The BBC reports that Morocco has applied to join ECOWAS despite refusing to attend a summit last week because of the presence of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

All the Israeli media cover the decision by four Arab states to sever relations with Qatar, with both Maariv and Israel Hayom choosing the headline of “The Gulf War”.

Haaretz runs a feature on the UK election, reporting that the London attack has turned the spotlight onto the terror threat in Britain.

The Times of Israel, Haaretz, Yediot Ahronot and Maariv all report that one protester was killed as guards opened fire on a riot outside a police station in the Israeli Arab city of Kafr Qassem. Three police cars were set alight, other cruisers were pelted with stones and officers outside the station were attacked by rock-throwing protesters as hundreds demonstrated against police overnight.

Yediot Ahronot reports that IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot has labelled Syria IDF’s “biggest challenge” since Six-Day War, pointing to the presence of armed terror groups and Syria’s lack of governance as challenges the IDF “is dealing with today and will continue to deal with in the foreseeable future”.

Yediot Ahronot also reports that Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah told Israeli Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon that Israel’s decision not to respond to last year’s wave of terrorism by issuing further sanctions against the Palestinian population prevented a third intifada.

Haaretz reports that the “US Senate Passes Resolution Celebrating 50th Anniversary of Jerusalem’s Reunification”.

Yediot Ahronot features new images from the IDF Archive of the capture of Jerusalem during the Six-Day War 50 years ago. The released documents include segments from the journal of Uzi Narkiss, who served as Central Command chief during the war.