The Guardian, Independent and Independent i report continuing protests by large numbers of African migrants in Israel, who are demanding better treatment and for their asylum applications to be processed. Thousands gathered outside Western embassies in Tel Aviv yesterday to lobby for support. It is estimated that over 50,000 African migrants have entered Israel illegally since 2006 via the country’s border with Egypt. Israel’s government argues that they are largely economic migrants, rather than refugees. The vast majority have not had their status determined. The Guardian online also includes a feature on a Sudanese migrant who lived in Israel for five years but accepted an Israeli government financial package to return to Sudan, only to face subsequent persecution by the Sudanese authorities.

The Guardian online monitors the deteriorating medical condition of Israel’s former-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and quotes a spokesman for the Sheba Medical Centre where he is being treated, who said that “only a miracle” can now save Sharon’s life.

The Independent and Independent i say that UK staff from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) will investigate security company G4S’ supply of surveillance equipment to Israeli security services, which it is alleged has been used at West Bank checkpoints. Both articles suggest that G4S may have contravened OECD guidelines.

The Telegraph reports that the Czech Foreign Ministry has demanded an explanation over the discovery of 12 illegal weapons in the Palestinian embassy complex in Prague following the death last week of the Palestinian envoy at the hands of a mysterious explosion.

The online editions of the Guardian, Telegraph and Times all report that Syrian Islamist rebels have ousted the al-Qaeda-affiliated Islamic State of Iraq in Syria (ISIS) group from areas of northern Syria including the town of Raqqa. Fighting between the rival Islamist groups has intensified in recent days. Both the Guardian online and Telegraph online suggest that more than 50 Western hostages have been freed in the defeat of ISIS in Raqqa. Meanwhile, in the Evening Standard, former-Foreign Secretary David Owen argues that the Geneva II peace talks scheduled later this month offer the chance to genuinely broker a ceasefire and subsequent peace settlement in Syria.

The Guardian online reports that a four-man UK parliamentary delegation led by former-Foreign Secretary Jack Straw arrived yesterday in Iran, in a further sign of thawing UK-Iran relations. During their visit, the UK parliamentarians are scheduled to meet with Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammed Zarif and Parliamentary Speaker Ali Larijani.

In the Israeli media this morning, Maariv leads with quotes from US Secretary of State John Kerry, saying that both Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas have made “brave and significant concessions.” Also in Maariv, commentator Shalom Yerushalmi argues that progress has been made in peace talks, saying “Something is happening. Something has shifted, mainly beneath the surface.”

Makor Rishon claims that at a meeting yesterday of the Likud parliamentary faction, Netanyahu denied that he had agreed to give up West Bank settlements. Meanwhile, Yediot Ahronot leads with a new proposed bill suggested by Likud MK Miri Regev, which would restrict Netanyahu’s scope for negotiations over Jerusalem during peace talks.

Yediot Ahronot also reports that two former-high ranking Fatah officials, Mohammed Dahlan and Jamal Abu Al-Rub, who subsequently fell out with Mahmoud Abbas, have established their own armed militia, which have on occasions clashed with PA forces in the northern West Bank.

The ongoing protests by African migrants in Tel Aviv is also covered prominently. Haaretz reports Netanyahu’s comments on the situation, saying that demonstrations will not make any difference to his government’s efforts. Meanwhile, Maariv highlights claims by the Director of the Immigration Authority, who apparently said that within months there will be thousands fewer migrants in Tel Aviv.