There is widespread coverage this morning of the continuing Gaza violence with headlines focusing on targeted Israeli air strikes which killed three senior Hamas commanders. The assassinations, viewed as a major military and intelligence achievement for Israel, are a focus for the Financial Times, Telegraph, Guardian, Daily Mail, Times, Independent, Daily Express, Daily Mirror, Independent i, Evening Standard and Metro. In the wake of the assassinations, the Guardian reports that three alleged collaborators were almost immediately arrested and executed by Hamas in Gaza.

Meanwhile, the Independent notes that Israel’s government yesterday authorised the call-up of 10,000 reserve soldiers, in a possible sign that the conflict is set to continue. The Times says that a poll of Jewish Israelis indicates general dissatisfaction over the direction of Operation Protective Edge, with little understanding of its overall aims.

The Telegraph and Guardian report that a senior Hamas official based in Turkey admitted for the first time that the organisation was responsible for the kidnapping and murder of three Jewish Israeli teenagers in the West Bank, which contributed to the conditions leading to the current Gaza conflict. However, the Guardian also suggests that the Hamas official may have been boasting in order to boost his own standing.

The Guardian online reports that the US State Department has expressed its concern over the arrest by Israel of a 19-year-old cousin of murdered Palestinian boy Mohammed Abu Khadir, who was killed in a revenge attack by Jewish extremists following the West Bank kidnappings. Abu Khadir’s cousin was born in Baltimore and is a US citizen.

The Sun says that Labour frontbencher Shabna Mahmood has vowed to continue boycotting products from Israeli settlements in defiance of party leader Ed Miliband, who has said that he opposes all boycotts.

Meanwhile, the Daily Express and Daily Star both report robust comments made by Local Government Minister Eric Pickles, who unequivocally condemned the “disgusting” recent sharp increase in anti-Semitic attacks in the UK. He said there was no place for such attacks in Britain “whatever one’s views about Israel and Gaza.” The Daily Express also notes similar condemnation by Lord Ahmed.

In other regional news, Tom Coghlan in the Times suggests that if the West is to tackle Sunni Jihadists group ISIS, it could lead to some unlikely alliances. He examines the prospects of working alongside Syria’s President Assad, Iran and even Hezbollah.

In the Israeli media, the top story is the assassination early yesterday morning of three top Hamas commanders. It is the lead item in Yediot Ahronot, Maariv and Israel Hayom which says that Hamas is “shaking” following the air strikes. Additionally, Yediot Ahronot’s Yossi Yehoshua suggests that Hamas’s commander-in-chief Mohammed Deif has been incapacitated even if he wasn’t killed in an Israeli air strike earlier this week.

Meanwhile, Haaretz’s top item focuses on diplomatic efforts to end the Gaza fighting, suggesting that the United States has joined the UK, France and Germany in pushing for a United Nations Security Council resolution which would bring about a ceasefire. According to Israel Radio news, such a resolution would see Israel’s security guaranteed, would open the Gaza border crossings and restore the Palestinian Authority (PA) to administering the Strip.

Israel Radio news also reports on the latest rocket fire to hit Israel, with 109 rockets launched yesterday from Gaza and more hitting Israeli communities near Gaza this morning.