The Financial Times reports that UAE-based companies shipped nearly 11,000 tonnes of jet fuel to eastern Libya, the stronghold of the renegade general Khalifa Haftar, in a suspected violation of an international arms embargo, according to documents. Reuters reports that forces aligned with Libya’s internationally-recognised government said they had advanced on Saturday to Tarhouna, a key support base for their eastern-based rival Khalifa Haftar.

The Associated Press reports that 2,000 Israelis took to the streets of Tel Aviv on Sunday to demonstrate against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s attempts to escape prosecution on corruption charges as he tries to form an “emergency” government with his chief rival.

The Times reports that a former commander in the Syrian secret police who allegedly supervised the torture of 4,000 opponents of the Assad regime was arrested after he appealed to the German authorities for protection, it has been claimed.

Reuters reports that Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps warned the US about its military activities in the Gulf on Sunday, adding that their navy had increased patrols to secure the passage of Iranian ships and combat fuel smuggling.

The Independent reports that Iran’s leadership has forged ahead with a scheme to dramatically restart business activity whilst also containing the coronavirus pandemic. Reuters reports that Iran has extended furloughs for prisoners for another month, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday. The Islamic Republic continues to try and stem the spread of the coronavirus in its crowded jails.

The Times reports that a showpiece futuristic city planned by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea coast is in crisis after police shot dead one of the project’s leading critics.

The Times reports that a fire has ripped through one of Greece’s largest migrant camps, the Vial camp in the island of Chios, causing widespread damage and leaving hundreds without shelter. The fire emerged after the death of an Iraqi woman sparked unrest.

The Associated Press reports that Iraq will allow Reuters workers to go back to work after its license was suspended earlier this month over a report that the government was underreporting coronavirus cases, the news agency said Sunday.

The Times reports that the reported £300m Saudi Arabian deal to buy Newcastle United from owner Mike Ashley is done and is now simply subject to Premier League approval.

In The Guardian, Martin Chulov writes that migrant workers are bearing the brunt of the coronavirus pandemic in Gulf, as human rights groups claim host countries including the UAE and Qatar should offer foreign workers the same protections as its citizens.

In the Associated Press, Sarah El-Deeb shows that after nine years of civil war, Syria is broken into three rival parts unable to work together and ill-prepared to cope with the coronavirus, an enemy “that knows no conflict lines”.

All the Israeli media report that on Friday night Hezbollah sabotaged the security fence on the Israeli-Lebanese border in three different places. Yediot Ahronot and Haaretz explain the incident as part of an exchange of threatening messages between Israel and Hezbollah. Earlier last week, according to foreign media, the Israel Air Force sent a warning by attacking a Hezbollah vehicle on the Syrian-Lebanese border. A warning missile was fired first before a second missile destroyed the vehicle. Footage from the incident shows the men leaving the vehicle, before returning to remove various bags. Haaretz suggests the target, “presumably contained weapons or components designed to upgrade the precision of Hezbollah weaponry”. Ynet reports that Israel has accused Hezbollah of “provocative” activity and said it would complain to the UN Security Council.

Maariv looks ahead to the Knesset meeting today where the Yesh Atid party are expected to advance a series of bills that have been dubbed the “anti-Netanyahu bills.” However, first, Yesh Atid wants to advance the bill that was introduced by MK Yair Lapid to suspend the current political situation for six months in order to enable the government, headed by Netanyahu, to cope with the coronavirus crisis, and only then ro resume steps to form a new government. Yesh Atid will then introduce a bill to limit a prime minister’s term; a bill to bar either a prime minister or cabinet minister who has been indicted from serving; and a bill barring anyone who has been indicted from being given the mandate to form a government. According to a party source, “Gantz has to decide if he is the Knesset speaker or the chairman of the Likud’s negotiating team.” A Likud source warned in response, “The moment they move ahead with those bills—that will be the end of the negotiations. Advancing bills against Netanyahu is tantamount to calling elections.” Army Radio reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Blue and White leader Benny Gantz met this morning in continued efforts to form a unity government.

Channel 13 News reports that European Union officials have conveyed warnings to Blue and White Chairman Benny Gantz regarding any attempts by a future government to annex parts of the West Bank. According to the report, a European Union officials spoke with Gantz’s foreign affairs adviser, Melody Sucharewicz, informing her that the European Union is vehemently opposed to any unilateral annexation. Sucharewicz was also told that Gantz must take into account that any annexation of parts of the West Bank would negatively impact the EU’s relationship with Israel and would be met with a powerful response. The European diplomats said that Sucharewicz replied by saying that Gantz had been forced to compromise on the issue of annexation in order to achieve other goals in the coalition agreement. Sucharewicz went on to say that Gantz would try to influence any decision about annexation from within the cabinet, if a joint government were to be formed.