This morning, in the Independent, the Independent i and online at BBC and ITV News cover four rockets that were fired from southern Lebanon at Israel yesterday, setting off air raid sirens across northern Israel. In response this morning Israeli fighter jets targeted sites in south Beirut. There were no immediate reports of casualties in the attack. The Times, The Independent, the Independent i, the Guardian and the Evening Standard (yesterday evening) cover a court case yesterday where two Iranian men were found guilty of a failed bomb plot believed to be aimed at Israeli diplomats. Saeid Moradi, 29, who blew off his legs while attempting to escape from police, received a life sentence, and his co-conspirator, Mohammad Kharzei, 43, was jailed for 15 years.

The Financial Times notes that France raised the possibility yesterday that force could be used against Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria and quotes Israel’s Minister for Intelligence and Strategic Affairs Yuval Steinitz, who notes this is not the first time Assad has used chemical weapons. The Financial Times also carries an op-ed by the President of the Council on Foreign Relations, Richard Haass, who argues that the Obama administration must respond to the atrocities in Syria.

On Syria, The Times covers the bleak assessment by former British Army chiefs of a western lead intervention in Syria. The paper also has an op-ed by author Edward Lucas under the unambiguous title: ‘Syria has proved that Russia isn’t our friend’. Kim Sengupta in the Independent i scrutinises the claim that UN inspections, which could establish the truth behind whether an estimated 1,300 people were massacred, using chemical weapons in Syria, have been delayed by realpolitik and bureaucracy. The Telegraph also covers a news story on the chemical attack in Syria, including deeply experiential accounts from survivors.

The Telegraph, along with the Daily Mail cover an angry tweet by Israeli model, Bar Rafaeli over Roger Walters, co-founder of the British group Pink Floyd, using her images in live concerts after Walters recently penned a letter urging fellow musicians to boycott performances in Israel.

After two years of quiet, the unexpected rocket fire towards northern Israel yesterday is the top story across Israeli newspapers, along with more reports about the use of chemical weapons in Syria. Of the four rockets fired yesterday afternoon, one was intercepted by an Iron Dome battery, two others caused property damage and one fell in an open area. In Yedioth Ahronoth, Alex Fishman explains that the rockets were not fired by Hezbollah, but rather by a global jihad-affiliated organization, the Abdullah Azzam Brigades, which is fighting Hezbollah because of the latter’s aid to the Syrian army.  In Israel Hayom, Yoav Limor suggested that Israel would most likely refrain from responding. That said, Israel Radio reports this morning that the Israel Air Force bombed a target in Lebanon last night in response, without providing any details.

In Ma’ariv, relating to Syria’s use of weapons of mass destruction, Amnon Lord suggests that Israel should act in order to make a moral statement: “Israel cannot take on a task such as enforcing a no-fly zone over Syria, but an attack on the production installations or the stockpiles of chemical weapons is within its ability.” The paper, along with Israel Hayom, also note that Egypt’s former-president, Hosni Mubarak has been released from prison to house arrest after two and a half years in jail after he was deposed.

Haaretz, notes comments made by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas after meeting with Meretz MKs yesterday, where he said a peace agreement would put end to the conflict and the Palestinians would not demand a return to Haifa and Akko.