The Times reports that Prime Minister Netanyahu and Indian Prime Minister Modi have signed a series of agreements that will make Israel India’s largest arms supplier and lead to the sharing of advanced military and satellite technology. The BBC reports that Mr Modi said that Israel and India would also work together to combat growing radicalisation and terrorism, including in cyberspace.

The Times reports that, during talks in Amman to negotiate the future of Syria, Israel appealed to the US and Russia to guarantee a buffer zone in Southern Syria where Hezbollah and other Iran-backed Shia militias will not be allowed to operate. The proposed buffer zone would extend 30 miles east of the Golan Heights.

The Guardian reports that US-backed forces expect a “grinding fight of at least three months” to oust ISIS from Raqqa, as attention turns to negotiations between the US and Russia aimed at preventing the fall of ISIS from leading to further instability in Syria. The article discusses Russian proposals for de-escalation zones in Quneitra and the Golan Heights, as well as a plan to allow Syrian troops to return to the Jordanian border in return for Iran withdrawing its forces from the area.

In continued coverage of Prime Minister Modi’s visit to Israel, Yediot Ahronot notes that the current visit is being held to mark the 25th anniversary of Israel-India diplomatic relations and that the Oslo accords “are what set in motion the changes in the international arena that enabled India to free itself from the Non-Aligned Movement—and primarily so from the influence of the Muslim countries that controlled it—and to move closer to Israel and to formally establish relations with it in 1992.”  Israel Hayom prominently covers Modi’s embrace of the child orphaned in the 2008 Mumbai terror attack.

Maariv and Haaretz continue to focus on the Labour leadership election. Haaretz notes that neither outgoing chairman Issac Herzog or his predecessor Shelly Yechimovich  have so far endorsed either candidate.  Maariv refers to it as a war of camps and report that Avi Nissenkorn, the Chairman of the Histadrut, Labour union has endorsed Amir Peretz.

Haaretz claims that as a result of the electricity crisis in Gaza, polluted water has reached the beach in Ashkelon. The Health Ministry was forced to shut down Zikim Beach in Ashkelon due to contamination from the Strip.

Yediot Ahronot reports on the meeting in Cairo of the heads of intelligence services from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates. They have warned that the more pressure is placed on Qatar, the closer it will become with Iran.

Israel Hayom reports that a grenade exploded by accident at a base in the north of Israel. The paper claims it was a miracle no one was injured. The IDF described this as a serious incident.