In the wake of an open-ended ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas agreed on Tuesday, there is plenty of reflection and analysis this morning over Operation Protective Edge. The Daily Express reports that Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday delivered a television address, outlining the campaign’s achievements. However, the Telegraph says that Netanyahu is facing stiff opposition from some coalition partners over the truce while the Times also notes criticism of Netanyahu’s performance during the conflict by some of Israel’s top political commentators.

The Daily Star and Daily Mirror report that Gazans gathered in the streets to celebrate the ceasefire. Both publish pictures of young children brandishing weapons during the festivities. The Guardian includes a feature on Gazans looking to pick up the pieces as they return to their homes and everyday lives.

Writing in the Telegraph, David Blair says that after 50 days of fighting, there are no winners, only losers from the Gaza conflict, with neither side fulfilling its objective. However, in the Financial Times, John Reed provides a list of Operation Protective Edge’s winners (Hamas, the Israeli right and the Iron Dome) and losers (Netanyahu, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and the United States). In the Times, Tim Montgomerie criticises many NGOs, specifically a call by Save the Children to end “Israel’s blockade” of the Gaza Strip, which he says ignores the reality of Hamas culpability for Gaza’s plight.

In the Telegraph, Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis comments on the worrying spike in anti-Semitic attacks in the UK and says that feelings over Israel are often being used as a vehicle for dangerous anti-Semitic expression. The Daily Express says that a protest calling for “zero tolerance” of anti-Semitism will take place on Sunday outside the Royal Courts of Justice.

The Independent reports that Syrian rebels, including the Western backed Free Syrian Army and the al-Qaeda affiliated al-Nusra Front, have captured a crossing on Israel’s border. The article also notes that intense fighting in the area saw an Israeli officer moderately wounded by stray fire yesterday.

Meanwhile, the online editions of the Guardian, Times, Telegraph and Independent all report that a United Nations commission has accused both the Assad regime and radical Sunni group ISIS of having committed war crimes in Syria. The Guardian online and Times online say that Prime Minister Cameron is weighing whether to join potential US airstrikes against ISIS in northern Syria.

In the Israeli media, the main story is the media conference held yesterday by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Ya’alon and IDF Chief of Staff Gantz. Netanyahu took the opportunity to outline that Hamas was beaten, which is reflected in the headlines of both Haaretz and Israel Hayom. Yediot Ahronot headlines Gantz’s assertion that Hamas was beaten badly. However, Makor Rishon and Maariv highlight Netanyahu’s admission that he cannot yet say whether long-term calm has been restored to Israel’s south.

In response to the media conference, former Shin Bet chief Yuval Diskin writes in Yediot Ahronot, that “only taking a far-reaching political initiative will allow Israel to turn the conflict with Hamas from a tactical draw between a powerful country and a terror organization into a strategic knock-out.” Meanwhile, Maariv notes comments made by Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, who said that no deal can be made with Hamas. Opposition and Labour Party leader Isaac Herzog is quoted by Israel Radio news saying that the IDF may have been victorious, but that the government had failed.

Meanwhile, both Maariv and Makor Rishon report that an IDF officer and a civilian were wounded yesterday on the Golan Heights by errant gunfire from the Syrian Civil War. During the fighting, which took place near the border, Syrian rebel forces reportedly took control of the Quneitra border crossing.