Efforts led by the US to allow aid into Gaza have faltered, the Financial Times reports. The paper also carries the story of a Citi analyst who lost his case for unfair dismissal after being sacked for submitting an expenses claim and lying about it.
The Guardian also leads with the faltering of the US-led bid to ease the blockade of Gaza. Some two million Palestinians are trapped with water, food and medicine running out, “raising the prospect of a humanitarian disaster”, it says. Also on the front, it reports that Poland’s ruling populists appear to be heading for defeat in the polls, with the majority of election votes counted.
The Metro leads with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s call for Hamas to release all hostages taken from Israel during its attack. The paper reports that Mr Sunak told MPs six UK citizens were confirmed to be among the dead, while 10 Britons are missing.
The number of Brits missing or confirmed dead after the Hamas attacks in Israel makes the front of the Daily Express. The paper says Mr Sunak has told Jewish people in Britain that he was “sickened” by the rise in threats against them following the attacks, and has vowed to stand by them “always”. Also on the front are warnings of floods and 60mph winds as the UK braces for Storm Babet.
Two teenage sisters are among Britons missing in Gaza, reports the Times, carrying photographs of the pair on its front. It says their mother was murdered, and their father is missing. The newspaper also reports that two people believed to be Swedish football fans were shot dead in Brussels by a gunman who remained on the run after the attack.
The Telegraph also carries photographs of the two British sisters, missing from Kibbutz Be’eri, a community a few miles from the Gaza border. It says Mr Sunak has described the Hamas attacks on Israel as a “pogrom”, and also includes a picture of a grieving mother whose son was killed at a music festival in southern Israel. Other stories on its front include analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies, which says Mr Sunak’s “stealth tax raid” is equivalent to a six pence rise in income tax.
Battle plans found on dead Hamas fighters reveal that Israel’s soldiers will face a “fierce defence of Gaza”, reports the Daily Mirror. It says Israeli troops are braced for a counter-assault in tunnels, and have been warned of booby traps and ambushes.
Security experts tell the i that Israeli troops are braced for an underground war within 300 miles of tunnels. The paper reports on a delay before a ground invasion while global diplomats try to help Palestinian civilians escape from the Gaza Strip, and says it is also so that Israeli security services can gather intelligence on Hamas targets.
Hundreds of prisoners will be freed early because jails are at bursting point, according to the Daily Mail. It says some criminals serving up to four years will have 18 days cut from their sentence under emergency measures set out by Justice Secretary Alex Chalk on Monday. The paper also carries photographs of the British sisters missing from Israel on its front.
Debates about whether it is time to turn the heating on are sparking family bust-ups, says the Daily Star. It leads with a poll suggesting 35% of families row over the issue, while 45% fight about who has left the lights on.
Coleen Rooney told her husband Wayne “I just can’t carry on” after his “drinking antics with other women”, reports the Sun. It says she made the revelation in a new documentary.
