An Amnesty International report that accuses Hamas of war crimes gets wide coverage in the British press this morning, including accounts of Hamas’s attempts to cover up an incident in which one of its misfiring rockets killed 13 in the Shati refugee camp. The Times, Independent and Daily Mirror cover the report in their print editions, with the Independent’s Kim Sengupta continuing his series of reports from Gaza, whilst the BBC and Guardian cover  the story online. The Independent also carries an editorial highlighting the “blame on both sides” for the situation in the Gaza Strip and criticises solutions which are “unreal – such as the abolition of Israel.” The paper’s letters page includes a letter attacking the occupation from Caabu director Chris Doyle.

Stories relating to the aftermath of Israel’s elections also appear in today’s UK press. The Telegraph has an article about Israel’s Arab community, highlighting the ongoing anger over Prime Minister Netanyahu’s election day comments, and also the success of the Arab List, and the rebuke given to Netanyahu by President Rivlin. The Financial Times reports that Palestinian activists regard the success of Netanyahu in the election as a propaganda coup in their efforts to promote boycott, divestment and sanctions on Israel. The FT also includes an analysis of the consequences of Netanyahu’s comments dismissing the possibility of a two-state solution for regional politics and the position of the US.

The Telegraph has a report on the testimony of Mani Neftali, the former caretaker of the Prime Minister’s official residence suing the Netanyahu’s for mistreatment, who claims that Mrs. Netanyahu drank three bottles of champagne a day.

The Times includes a warm obituary for Manchester born Israeli diplomat Yehuda Avner, who was a close aide to several Israeli Prime Ministers as well as serving as Israel’s ambassador to the UK in the mid-1980s.

Meanwhile, the Times, Telegraph and Independent all review a BBC Radio 4 radio programme about the restoration of a grand piano in Gaza, where Hamas authorities had attempted to ban musical performances.

Finally, several papers mention that an Israeli man living in Barcelona, Eyal Baum, was among those lost on board the Germanwings flight which crashed in the Alps on Tuesday.

In the Israeli media, all outlets cover the formal ceremony where President Rivlin entrusted Netanyahu to form the next government. Yediot Ahronot suggests veiled criticism by President Rivlin as he highlighted three principal challenges: restoring good relations with the United States, restoring public faith in the political establishment and healing the rifts in Israeli society. Ma’ariv reports the planned construction of 1,500 new housing units in the Har Homa neighbourhood has been suspended as part of a broader construction moratorium in East Jerusalem on the orders of the Prime Minister’s Office. Yediot Ahronot notes an angry Moshe Kahlon will boycott coalition negotiations today after parts of his demands were given away to other parties.

Israel Hayom refers to the conflict in Yemen and reflects another foreign policy failure of President Obama. Israel Radio covers the Amnesty report that charges Hamas and other Palestinian organisations in Gaza with war crimes after indiscriminately firing rockets into Israel last summer.   Israel Hayom suggests the P5+1 and Iran will only reach verbal understandings before the deadline at the end of this month.  Times of Israel raises concerns that without US cover Israel will face a ‘diplomatic avalanche’ at the UN. Haaretz reports on the death of a 20 year old Palestinian who was seriously injured in clashes with the IDF last week. Israel Hayom covers a poll that states 68 per cent of Palestinians support firing rockets into Israel.  The paper also report the leaders of the Joint Arab List met with Abu Mazen in Ramallah yesterday.