The Guardian online says that the commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards has given his support to the outline agreed last week for a comprehensive nuclear deal between Iran and the P5+1 powers (US, UK, France, Russia, China and Germany). The article says suggests that such backing indicates broad support for the agreement from Tehran’s hard-line conservative leadership. Meanwhile, the Guardian online also reports that eight Iranian border guards were killed on the country’s border with Pakistan by a suspected Al-Qaeda affiliated group.

The Times, Independent, Telegraph and Independent i all report that conditions in the largely Palestinian-populated Damascus suburb of Yarmouk are continuing to deteriorate. Syrian warplanes apparently dropped barrel bombs on the area, as fighting on the ground between the forces of President Assad and ISIS intensifies. All reports include eyewitness accounts of severe deprivation and the extreme desperation being endured by Yarmouk’s Palestinian residents.

The Independent includes an interview with Ayman Odeh, the leader of the Joint Arab List, which became the Knesset’s third largest faction in last month’s Israeli general election. Odeh outlines his aim to boost Israel’s Arab communities for the ultimate benefit of the entire country. As an example, he says that encouraging more Arab women to work would boost the Israeli economy as a whole.

The Times reports that the United Nations (UN) child agency UNICEF has said that nearly 400,000 children in the Gaza Strip are still suffering from shell shock following Operation Protective Edge last summer.

Meanwhile, the Guardian online says that scientists at Israel’s Weizmann Institute have, alongside Australian counterparts, discovered a way to stimulate the growth of heart muscle cells, which could have a major impact on the recovery and long-term condition of heart attack sufferers.

In the Israeli media, the main story is the apparent admission yesterday by US President Barack Obama, that even if a 10-year nuclear agreement is concluded, then Iran would subsequently be left with an almost zero breakout time. This is the top story in Yediot Ahronot, Haaretz and Israel Hayom. In Maariv, commentator Yossi Melman summarizes the lack of clarity over last week’s outline agreement, saying “It has become apparent that the two sides have different interpretations of almost every clause… These differences are surfacing because both sides are engaged in marketing the agreement for domestic and foreign purposes.”

Israel Radio news says that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday tweeted questioning various aspects of the potential accord. Among the issues raised, he asked why the issue of Tehran’s intercontinental ballistic missiles had not been tackled and whether sanctions on Iran would indeed be loosened gradually.

Meanwhile, Haaretz reports that Netanyahu’s Likud Party is pushing for a two-year budget to be adopted by the potential coalition, in order to give the incoming government a greater degree of stability with which to govern and implement policy.