The Guardian reports that Israel’s High Court yesterday suspended the administrative detention of hunger striking Islamic Jihad member Mohammed Allan. The court heard evidence that Allan has suffered brain damage due to his refusal to accept food for more than two months, in protest at his continued detention. Yesterday’s ruling means that the detention will be lifted at least until Allan’s medical condition improves, with his hunger strike having ended. Allan is suspected by Israeli authorities of planning a large-scale terror attack, having previously been convicted of recruiting a suicide bomber.

The Telegraph says that Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas claims that Israel and Hamas are holding talks over a long-term ceasefire in an unnamed African country. Israel has denied recent reports that any such talks are taking place, even through an intermediary. However, the Independent and Independent i includes sharp criticism by PLO official Hanan Ashrawi, who is closely linked to the PA. She says that Tony Blair has been mediating between Israel and Hamas and that he is both serving Israeli interests and undermining the prospects of a viable Palestinian state.

The Times, Sun and the online edition of the Telegraph cover the claim by Hamas that they have captured a dolphin spying for Israel off the coast of the Gaza Strip. Hamas claim that the dolphin was fitted with cameras and other devices to spy on Hamas frogmen, although they have yet to produce any such evidence.

The Guardian online covers a press conference in Jerusalem yesterday given by US Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, which is described as “confused and garbled” at times. Huckabee, says the article, articulated positions which on occasion were beyond those of the Israeli government. During his visit this week, Huckabee also held a press event in the West Bank settlement of Shilo.

The Independent i covers a u-turn by the organisers of a Spanish reggae festival, who having come under pressure from anti-Israel activists, had asked Jewish-American artist Matisyahu to publicly clarify his position on Palestinian statehood as a condition of performing. Matisyahu refused to do so and the organisers have now reversed their request and asked him to perform. The Guardian online notes that the Spanish government condemned the original request by the festival organisers.

The online editions of the Guardian and Telegraph both cover an overnight car bomb near a security headquarters in Egypt’s capital Cairo, which has so far injured at least six people. Islamist terror groups have regularly targeted Egyptian security forces since the Muslim Brotherhood was overthrown in 2013, but attacks have been largely limited to the Sinai Peninsula bordering Israel.

In the Israeli media, yesterday’s High Court decision over Mohammed Allan’s administrative detention is the top item in Yediot Ahronot and Israel Hayom. There is plenty of commentary on the issue. Writing in Yediot Ahronot, Ben-Dror Yemini says that administrative detention, which allows detention without trial for terror suspects for up to six months, is an “unacceptable tool” under “normal circumstances.” However, “In the context of the war on terrorism it is the least egregious means available,” especially in comparison to the targeted killings widely used by the United States.

In Haaretz and Maariv, the main story is the continued attacks on Israelis in the West Bank. An explosive device targeted an army checkpoint just south of Jerusalem yesterday evening, injuring a soldier. Meanwhile, rocks were hurled at a civilian car near Atarot, lightly injuring a two-year-old. The attacks are just the latest aimed at Israelis over the past few weeks in the West Bank and Jerusalem, following an arson attack on a Palestinian home, thought to have been carried out by extremist Jewish Israelis, which left two dead.

Meanwhile, Yediot Ahronot, Israel Hayom and Haaretz are incredulous in their coverage of a report that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will allow Iran to self-inspect nuclear sites as part of the long-term deal agreed last month over Iran’s nuclear development.