Both the Guardian and Independent i cover the release yesterday of an Israeli government inter-departmental report on last summer’s Operation Protective Edge. The 277-page document concludes that Israeli forces conducted the conflict in accordance with international law, highlighting extensive efforts to avoid civilian casualties. The report also details Hamas’ attempts to deliberately draw fighting into urban terrain for political gain. Yesterday’s publication comes with a United Nations’ Human Rights Council report into the conflict expected to be released this week, which will likely be used by Palestinian leaders as the basis for launching prosecutions against Israelis at the International Criminal Court (ICC).

The Times reports that an Israeli military vehicle assisting in an arrest, overturned in a Palestinian village in the West Bank yesterday, after a local resident threw a petrol bomb. The attacker was killed by the overturning vehicle.

The Guardian covers a petition signed by more than 2,000 Israeli artists against what they view as an attempt to stifle expression by the new Culture Minister Miri Regev. Last week, Regev warned that she would review funding of cultural initiatives and would not necessarily support those which she believes delegitimize the State of Israel. Regev is considered a vocal leader in the right-wing of the Likud Party.

The Telegraph reports that a power struggle to succeed Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei is threatening to complicate the nascent nuclear deal being discussed by Iran and the P5+1 powers (US, UK, France, Russia, China and Germany). According to Con Coughlin, Khamenei’s ailing health has already prompted clerics to position themselves as his successor, with the proposed deal a major battleground.

The online editions of the Times, Telegraph and Independent all say that Syrians are massing on the Turkish border in order to escape fighting between ISIS and Kurdish forces at the outpost of Tal Abyad. Although Turkish authorities originally declined access to those fleeing, reports this morning indicate that the border has now been opened.

The Telegraph and Independent i both report ridicule on social media over British Muslim activist Asghar Bukhari’s claim that “Zionists” broke into his home and stole a shoe, as a method of intimidation.

In the Israeli media, the top story in Yediot Ahronot, Maariv and Israel Hayom is the clash between a group of Israeli artists and Culture Minister Miri Regev. In particular, the dailies focus on a meeting yesterday in Tel Aviv of actors, playwrights and directors at which prominent actor Oded Kotler described those who voted for Likud in March’s election as “a herd of beasts.” His comments were condemned by Regev as expressing “cultural darkness” and were also swiftly criticised by opposition leader Isaac Herzog and prominent Zionist Union MK Shelly Yachimovich.

Israel Hayom and Israel Radio news both prominently report that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received the backing of the Likud Party Central Committee yesterday for a compromise which he suggested over the Likud Party’s selection process for Knesset candidates. A large turnout of the Central Committee gave 58 per cent approval for Netanyahu’s plan to retain selection for the top candidates via a popular vote of the party’s full membership. A counter proposal whereby the Central Committee would select the entire party list was viewed as a challenge to Netanyahu’s authority.

The top item in Haaretz is opposition from Leonid Eidelman, the chairman of the Israel Medical Association to a bill which would permit the force-feeding of prisoners on hunger strike. Eidelman wrote to the bill’s proponents, Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan and Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, arguing that the legislation would violate medical ethics.