The i and the online edition of the Guardian report that two rockets were fired into southern Israel yesterday from Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. They landed in the Eshkol region without causing any injuries or damage. The attack is thought to have been carried out by the ISIS affiliate in Sinai, known as Sinai Province, which claimed responsibility for rocket attacks against Israel earlier this month. Yesterday’s incident came a day after Sinai Province reported that four of its members were killed in an Israeli drone attack.

The Telegraph online reports that an Egyptian man said he found a shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missile next to Cairo’s main international airport. The article says that if the report is true, it would “mark an alarming breach of security” for Egyptian authorities.

The Independent covers a report in Haaretz in which it is claimed that Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last year turned down a US-spearheaded regional peace initiative, involving both Jordan and Egypt. The article also quotes Israel’s opposition leader and Zionist Union head Isaac Herzog, who hinted that the failed initiative was a cause for the breakdown in parallel talks to form a national unity government.

The Times reports that Iran’s chess authorities will punish a 15-year-old competitor who played against an Israeli in a tournament in Gibraltar. The article quotes an Iranian representative who described competing against an Israeli as “defiance of a core principle of the Islamic Republic”. The competitor’s 18-year-old sister, Dorsa, is also reportedly in trouble with Iranian authorities because she didn’t wear a veil at the event.

In the Israeli media, the top story in Yediot Ahronot, Israel Hayom and Maariv is the sentencing of Elor Azaria, the soldier found guilty of manslaughter after he shot dead a wounded Palestinian terrorist in Hebron last year. The case sparked a bitter public debate and today’s sentence is expected to be greeted with a similar response.

Writing in Israel Hayom, Yoav Limor says: “There is no way to justify unnecessarily shooting a neutralised terrorist, in violation of orders and regulations. Opening fire like this is a recipe for anarchy.” Consequently, Limor argues that “anyone who cared about Azaria and the IDF should have bowed their heads, admitted their mistake, and not have embarked on a lost, unnecessary and failed war that left a trail of casualties, firstly the public’s faith in the military establishment”.

In Maariv, Karni Eldad argues that the judges should be “attentive to the feelings of the public” rather than ruling “from its legal, precise and literary bubble”. She concludes that “any punishment will smash the little faith the people still have left in the justice system”.

Maariv reports that Attorney General Avichai Mandleblit met a number of Arab Joint List MKs yesterday to discuss a range of issues, including his opposition to the so-called “muezzin bill” which has received approval from the Ministerial Committee for Legislation. Mandleblit is opposed to the bill because, in his opinion, existing legislation, the anti-noise law, already meets existing needs. The bill would bar the use of loudspeakers in places of worship between 11pm and 7am, but has been interpreted by many as a deliberate and unnecessary targeting of the Arab community.

Israel Radio news reports that Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has warned Israel to “count to one million” before any attack. He warned that Hezbollah would act beyond any red lines and would attack Haifa’s ammonia plant and Dimona’s nuclear reactor.