The Independent and the Daily Mail via AFP report that Israel has not responded to reports in US media that it was behind an airstrike in Syria which killed more than 50 regime-allied troops in the east of the country. Sunday night’s attack on the town of al Hari in Deir Ezzor, near the border with Iraq, killed 52 fighters, including 22 members of an Iraqi Shia militia, the London based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said. Syrian state news blamed the US-led coalition fighting Isis for the casualties and Damascus has demanded an explanation for the targeting from Washington. US Central Command denied responsibility and said there were “no strikes by US or Coalition forces in that area during the time in question”. Instead, unnamed US officials told AFP and CNN that the strike was carried out by the Israeli Air Force (IAF), a move that would represent several new developments for Israeli involvement in neighbouring Syria’s civil war.

BBC News Online, the Telegraph, ITV News, the Guardian, the Times, the Daily Mail, the Financial Timesand the Independent report that the US has pulled out of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), calling it a “cesspool of political bias”. The “hypocritical and self-serving” body “makes a mockery of human rights”, said US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley. Formed in 2006, the Geneva-based council has been criticised for allowing countries with questionable human rights records to be members. But activists said the US move could hurt efforts to monitor and address human rights abuses around the world. Haley announced her country’s intention to quit the council at a joint news conference with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who called the council “a poor defender of human rights”. Haley said the UNHRC is a “protector of human rights abusers” that targets Israel in particular and ignores atrocities elsewhere.

BBC News Online and the Daily Mail via AFP report that a migrant from Syria has admitted in court that he attacked an Israeli man wearing a skullcap in Berlin. The 19-year-old man lashed out with his belt at the man in broad daylight in a street in the German capital. The young migrant apologised for his actions. The April attack was filmed by the victim on his smartphone and sparked outrage when shared on social media, triggering street rallies in solidarity with Germany’s Jewish community. But it also led to the leader of Germany’s Jewish community advising Jews to avoid wearing traditional skullcaps (kippahs) in big cities. Footage of the assault shows the attacker shouting “yahudi”, Jew in Arabic, before lashing out and injuring the Israeli man.

BBC News Online and the Daily Express reports that Israeli jets have hit militant positions in Gaza after Palestinians fired rockets and mortars into Israeli territory, representatives from the IDF said. The IDF said 25 targets linked to the militant Hamas movement were hit, in response to a barrage of about 45 rockets and mortar shells. Residents reportedly said two Hamas security personnel were slightly hurt. No Israeli casualties were reported. More than 120 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces and thousands more wounded since a protest campaign began on 30 March, Gaza’s health ministry says.

The London Evening Standard reports that a controversial Bill which proposed a filming ban on Israeli soldiers has been amended after the Attorney General’s Office ruled it illegal. The initial Bill proposed by the Yisrael Beitenu party, a member of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing coalition, made filming or publishing footage “with intent to harm the morale of Israel’s soldiers or its inhabitants” punishable by up to five years in prison. It was approved by the Ministerial Committee for Legislation on Sunday under the provision that a number of changes were made to its wording before it is presented to parliament on Wednesday. The amended Bill will ban interfering with Israeli soldiers while they are on duty prohibiting them from doing their job and will not totally prohibit filming as previously stated. It is anticipated that the amended Bill will pass with the coalition’s support.

NME reports that Netanyahu has promised that his country will not interfere with the Eurovision Song Contest, amid fears that it could lose the right to host next year’s edition. A recent letter from The European Broadcasting Union to Israel claimed that Netanyahu’s proposal to split the Israel Public Broadcasting Corporation could result in Israel’s membership being revoked and subsequently lose the right to host the show. A response from Netanyahu states that any potential split could be delayed if it meant potentially jeopardising Israel’s involvement.

The Daily Mail via AFP reports that an Israeli court has struck down some of the confessions of two Jewish suspects in the arson attack that killed a Palestinian toddler and his parents, ruling that interrogators obtained them by duress. The decision of the court in Lod, central Israel, could cast doubt on the strength of the prosecution’s case against the accused, Amiram Ben-Uliel from the northern West Bank settlement of Shilo and a minor who cannot be named. Eighteen-month-old Ali Dawabsha was burnt to death when the family home, in the West Bank, was firebombed in July 2015. His parents later died of their injuries. His brother Ahmed, now six, was the sole survivor from the immediate family but was left with severe burns. Ben-Uliel was charged in January 2016 with three counts of murder and one of attempted murder, arson and conspiracy to commit a hate crime.

The Daily Mail via AFP reports that US Special Envoy to the Middle East Jason Greenblatt and Senior Advisor to the President Jared Kushner met with Jordan’s King Abdullah II in Amman on Tuesday to discuss the Palestinian-Israeli peace process. “They discussed increasing cooperation between the United States and Jordan, regional issues, the humanitarian situation in Gaza, and the Trump Administration’s efforts to facilitate peace between the Israelis and Palestinians,” the White House said in a statement.

All the Israeli media report on the case of disgraced former minister Gonen Segev who has been charged with spying for Iran. Maariv and Yediot Ahronot note Segev will not dispute the indictment but will enter a “not guilty” plea, arguing that he built his relationship with Iranian agents in order to serve as a double-agent.  Similarly, Israel Hayom reveals that Segev further claims he informed a senior security figure about his Iranian connection several years ago.

Maariv reveals that according to sources in the Arab media, Israel was given a green light from Russia to attack Iraqi Shiite militias that are affiliated with Iran in Deir ez-Zor in eastern Syria. Kan Radio news includes more details from the rare meeting between Netanyahu and King Abdullah on Monday.  It’s reported that they also discussed the conflict in southern Syria.  They are understood to share similar concerns over the presence of Iranian or Iranian proxies forces being merged into the regular Syrian army close to the borders of both countries.  Both Yediot Ahronot and Maariv quote head of the IDF Northern Command Maj. Gen Yoel Strik warning Iran: “We are in a complex period, from a security standpoint. Iran trying to turn Syria into an outpost that is under its absolute control, and is using its entrenchment on Syrian soil to attack Israel and undermine security stability in the region.  In Lebanon Hezbollah has continued to violate UN resolution, to build its military strength and operate in the area of the border with the sense that we are unaware of its activity. We will not allow Israel to be attacked, and we will continue to act on our vast freedom of action to ensure that.”

Haaretz and Yediot Ahronot cover the pre-trial hearing of alleged Jewish terrorists who fire bombed a home in the West Bank village of Duma in 2015 and killed three members of a Palestinian family.  The Central District Court ruled that most of the confessions by the main defendant are legally admissible, but evidence extracted under physical duress were not admissible.

Also in southern Syria, Yediot Ahronot reports a small Skylark IDF unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) crashed last night in the al-Khader area in southwestern Syria. The IDF announced that the incident, which is being investigated, was due to a technical failure and that no classified information was compromised.

Channel 2 News adds further speculation about the political future of former IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz. They reveal he can enter politics in October because his cooling off period will be over. They explained when Gantz was appointed Chief of Staff he had already left the IDF four months earlier and was then unexpectedly recalled and re-enlisted. That period now counts as part of his cooling-off period. Labour leader Avi Gabbay has said Gantz was welcome in his party. According to Maariv he could even be Labour’s candidate for Prime Minister in the next election. In that scenario Gabbay would remain party chairman with a senior ministerial portfolio.

Yediot Ahronot reports on the memorial service marking 42 years since the death of Yonatan “Yoni” Netanyahu, the Prime Minister’s brother which took place yesterday at the national military cemetery on Mount Herzl. Netanyahu remembered his brother’s “commander’s qualities.” Yoni was a commander of the Sayeret Matkal commando unit and was killed in action during Operation Entebbe, to rescue Israeli and Jewish hostages held in Uganda in 1976. Netanyahu said: “I am not used to talking in this position—and I believe I haven’t done it in 42 years—but I want to talk about a battle during the Yom Kippur War when Yoni’s unit of 30 people was confronted by 50 Syrian commandos, and three of our soldiers were killed. The Syrian force was destroyed, despite the fact that they opened fire first. Yoni had qualities of a commander and the ability to read the battle with composure and courage, which are important to victory.”