Most dailies report on the latest revelations in the case of ‘Prisoner X,’ who was identified earlier this week by the Australian media as Ben Zygier, an Australian-born Israeli, suspected of having been a Mossad agent who killed himself in top-secret Israeli detention in 2010. The Financial Times, Telegraph, Guardian, Times and the online edition of the Independent and BBC all report that Israel’s Justice Ministry yesterday admitted that such a case had taken place, without naming the individual. The ministry’s statement emphasised that the prisoner’s full legal rights had been maintained in accordance with the law and that his family had been immediately informed of his arrest. All reports mention that Australian officials had also been kept informed by Israeli authorities during the case.

Meanwhile, the Financial Times includes an interview with Yesh Atid’s new Knesset member Dov Lipman, a US-born ultra-Orthodox rabbi. The article also analyses the complex debate in Israel over drafting ultra-Orthodox religious seminary students, which is considered Yesh Atid’s flagship policy.

The Guardian online reports that pupils in Hamas-run schools in the Gaza Strip are being offered the chance to learn Hebrew for the first time in many years. The Daily Mail online says that Palestinian officials have complained that relics at a new Israel Museum exhibition were taken illegally from the ruins of King Herod’s palace, situated in the West Bank. The article cites the Israel Museum director who said all digs are conducted in accordance with international conventions.

The Times and the online edition of the Financial Times cover an announcement yesterday by Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation that advanced centrifuges to enrich uranium at its Natanz plant are already in use, which will speed up the potential production of weapons-grade fissile material. The Times notes that UN nuclear inspectors are currently in Iran, but the announcement will increase Western fears that Tehran is preparing to ‘break out,’ to produce weapons-grade enriched uranium.

The online editions of the Guardian, Financial Times and Independent report on an announcement by Syria’s former foreign ministry spokesman confirming that he has left the country, due to “violence and polarisation.” He refrained from openly criticising President Assad’s regime.

Following yesterday’s partial lifting of the comprehensive gag order surrounding the case of ‘Prisoner X,’ widely believed to be Ben Zygier, Israel’s media is dominated by the story with some publications devoting several pages to the case. Yediot Ahronot asks whether Zygier was “A Mossad agent who turned?” while Maariv suggests that Zygier had worked for a Mossad shell company in Europe, selling electronic parts to Iran. All dailies report the Justice Ministry’s statement on the case and there is plenty of commentary surrounding the aftermath of the revelations. Haaretz calls the affair a “system-wide failure,” while Shimon Shiffer in Yediot Ahronot calls for a state commission of enquiry, in light of the “numerous and disturbing” questions surrounding the case. However, writing in Maariv, Nadav Eyal lambasts the silence of the Israeli authorities which allowed international speculation over the case to go unanswered when in reality it turns out that Zygier had received representation and that due process had been observed. Meanwhile, Maariv also discusses the issue of parliamentary immunity, which allowed three Knesset members to discuss the case in the plenum on Tuesday.

In other news, Israel Radio News reports allegations in the Iranian media that Israeli agents assassinated a senior Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander who was in charge of Iranian forces in Lebanon.