The online editions of the Guardian, Telegraph and Financial Times all report that northern Israel was hit yesterday by four rockets fired from Syria. Two landed in the Galilee region and two in the Golan region, sparking fires although no material damage was reported. Israel struck back by firing on 14 targets across the Syrian border, assessing that the rocket fire was intentional and not an overspill of fighting from the Syrian Civil War. Both the Guardian online and Financial Times online report that Israeli authorities initially blamed Islamic Jihad, with direct support from Iran for the rocket attack.

The Independent i and Metro 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.

Meanwhile, the Guardian online includes an eyewitness account on how Operation Protective Edge last summer continues to impact the lives of women in the Gaza Strip one year on.

The Financial Times, Telegraph, Times, Guardian, Independent, Daily Mail, Independent i and Daily Mirror all report that Foreign Secretary Phillip Hammond will this weekend re-open the UK embassy in Iran’s capital Tehran. The embassy was closed four years ago after a mob ransacked the building and diplomatic relations were subsequently ended. However, ties have been re-established during the last year and Hammond will become the first Foreign Secretary to visit Iran since 2003.

The Independent online says that Yukiya Amano, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), has denied claims made by an AP report yesterday, that his agency will permit Iran to essentially self-inspect its own activities at the Parchin nuclear facility to ensure compliance with the recent long-term nuclear deal. Amano said that the report “misrepresents the way in which we will undertake this important verification work,” although he provided no further details.

The Guardian reports that US House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said that there is enough support for the nuclear deal for it to be approved by US Congress, which has until 17 September to consider the agreement.

In the Israeli media, yesterday’s rocket attack from Syria is the top item in Yediot Ahronot, Maariv, Haaretz and Israel Hayom. An IDF officer is quoted by Maariv saying that the rocket fire was a message from Iran. Yossi Yehoshua in Yediot Ahronot concurs, saying that yesterday’s attack was “a clear statement from Iran that the rules of the game have changed. The Syrian border is now a front with Israel in every sense.” He notes that it was the first time that rocket fire has reached the Upper Galilee region since the Yom Kippur War of 1973.

Meanwhile, Israel Hayom notes the wider security situation, with the IDF having deployed Iron Dome anti-missile batteries in the south of the country yesterday. The move was a precaution against a possible flurry of violence in the area, should the condition of Islamic Jihad activist Mohammed Allan worsen. Allan remains in an Israeli hospital, having launched a two-month hunger strike which ended this week after Israel’s High Court agreed to suspend his administrative detention until his medical condition stabilizes. Israel Hayom also notes that Israeli forces remain on high alert in the West Bank after a recent spate of attacks there on Israeli civilians and servicemen.

Maariv and Israel Hayom also prominently report that the Maariv Bridge in Tel Aviv, a major conduit for traffic, will be detonated this morning to make way for work to begin on the city’s light rail system. It is the first major change to the Tel Aviv landscape due to the major light rail project, which critics say will cause years of commuter congestion during its construction.