The Guardian and the online edition of the Financial Times both report that the IDF has ordered criminal investigations against Israeli military personnel over five specific incidents which took place in Gaza during Operation Protective Edge. They include the shelling of a Gaza beach which killed four children and a strike on a United Nations-run school.

The Daily Star covers a letter sent by Prime Minister David Cameron to Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, pledging to clamp down on rising anti-Semitism in the UK which has occurred both during and in the aftermath of the Gaza conflict. Cameron said in the letter that disagreement with Israeli policy is never an excuse to attack Jews and that he will always defend Israel’s right to defend its citizens,

Meanwhile, the Telegraph online says that a Palestinian man was killed in clashes with Israeli forces near Ramallah. The man reportedly attacked IDF soldiers who were arresting a Hamas activist who was found to be in possession of weapons.

The Telegraph also reports that ambassadors from five European Union countries, including the UK lodged an official complaint with the Israeli government over plans announced last week to expropriate land in the Gush Etzion region of the West Bank. The announcement was criticised by the UK government at the time. Gush Etzion is one of the settlement blocs which is thought likely to remain under Israeli control in any future peace agreement.

The online editions of the Guardian, Times, Telegraph, Financial Times and Independent all heavily focus on the speech delivered by US President Barack Obama during the night, in which he announced a long-term campaign against ISIS, which will include air strikes against the group’s positions in Syria. US air strikes against ISIS in Iraq have already commenced and the United States is recruiting a regional coalition to tackle the group.

However, the online editions of the Telegraph, Financial Times, Independent, Times and Guardian all report that ISIS received a boost this week after an explosion wiped out almost the entire leadership of rival jihadist group Ahrar al-Sham in Syria which supports Islamist rule but opposes ISIS. In total, up to about 50 people were killed.

Meanwhile, the Telegraph says that the international chemical weapons watchdog has confirmed the newspaper’s reports that there has been continued “systematic” use of chemical weapons in Syria, thought to have been deployed by President Assad’s forces.

In the Israeli media, President Obama’s address in which he outlined his determination to tackle ISIS is the top item. It is the lead story in Maariv, Haaretz, Makor Rishon and Israel Hayom with reports emphasising Obama’s decision to launch air strikes at ISIS targets in Syria. Israel Hayom also reports that Prime Minister Netanyahu yesterday evening convened a special meeting of political and security leaders to discuss the ISIS threat. However, in Maariv, Ben Caspit bemoans that Netanyahu “missed an historic opportunity to be included in the coalition against ISIS,” and as a result “Israel will remain a stepchild, the outsider in this important campaign.” Israel Radio news reports that opposition and Labour leader Isaac Herzog expressed similar sentiments, saying that exclusion over ISIS is reflective of a long-term foreign policy failure.

Most dailies cover a vote yesterday among the Jewish Home membership, which approved changes to the party’s constitution as proposed by party leader and Economy Minister Naftali Bennett, which are set to consolidate his control. Yediot Ahronot calls it “Bennett’s victory” while the vote is also covered prominently in Makor Rishon.

Israel Radio news says that aides to Prime Minister Netanyahu believe that Finance Minister Yair Lapid is dragging his feet over the 2015 state budget in order to create a crisis and bring down the government.