Both the Telegraph and the Evening Standard report comments on Syria made by Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in an interview with the BBC during his visit to London this week. Netanyahu warned that Syrian chemical weapons and anti-aircraft hardware could end up in the wrong hands, describing them as “game changers.” He said that although Israel does not seek military confrontation, it could be forced to take action to prevent such a scenario from taking place. Meanwhile, an editorial in the Financial Times urges US President Obama and his European allies to more openly back mainstream Syrian opposition groups or else risk empowering extreme Islamist elements within the opposition.

The online edition of the Guardian covers comments made by US Secretary of State John Kerry who warned that time is limited on implementing a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians. The Telegraph notes that his comments have been criticised by both Israeli and Palestinian officials, who are unconvinced that Kerry’s undoubted energetic activity is introducing any fresh ideas towards brokering talks between the two sides.

The Telegraph online reports comments made by Iran’s military Chief of Staff during the country’s National Army Day parade. Gen Hasan Firouzabadi dismissed the possibility of Israeli military action against Iran’s nuclear facilities and threatened that “If they do anything wrong, there will be no Israel left on the world’s political map.”

Both the Guardian and the Times include articles on a new online and social media advertising campaign launched by Israel’s Mossad secret service, to recruit new agents.

In the Israeli media this morning, several dailies lead with the news that Israel’s three domestic airlines could begin a strike on Sunday, grounding the country’s air traffic. The airlines in questions, El Al, Arkia and Israir are unhappy that the government is poised to approve an ‘Open Skies’ agreement with the European Union, which is designed to reduce barriers for outside airlines to operate in Israel. Such competition would likely lower costs for travellers, but the airlines fear being pushed out of the market. The strike threat is a major story in Yediot Ahronot, Maariv, Haaretz, Israel Hayom and Sof Hashavua. Writing in Maariv, Nadav Eyal says that the dispute is part of a wider economic debate in Israel in which “The remnants of the old order have not yet internalised that the paradigm is collapsing on them.”

Yediot Ahronot also gives prominence to the Defence Ministry’s reversal of a decision to cut the money awarded to IDF reservists, based on the number of days that they serve. The decision had been opposed by several senior politicians. Meanwhile, Israel Radio news reports that two rockets that were fired late last night from the Hamas–controlled Gaza Strip landed in the Eshkol region of southern Israel. No injuries or damage were reported.