Efforts to provide aid to Gaza have failed, according to the Financial Times. In addition, the Citi analyst who was dismissed for submitting a false expense claim and then lying about it lost his case for unfair dismissal.
The Guardian also leads with the stalled attempt by the US to ease the blockade of Gaza, where nearly two million Palestinians are running out of water, food, and medicine. The paper notes that the situation raises the possibility of a humanitarian catastrophe. Additionally, it reports that Poland’s ruling populist party appears to be losing its grip on power as early election results are counted.
The number of missing or confirmed dead British citizens in the wake of the Hamas attacks in Israel is the focus of the Daily Express. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has pledged to stand with the Jewish population in the UK in the face of a rise in attacks. The paper also warns of looming floods and high winds as Storm Babet approaches.
The Times reports on two teenage sisters who are among the missing Britons in Gaza. The girls’ mother was murdered, and their father is unaccounted for. The newspaper also reports on the murders of two Swedish football fans in Brussels by an unknown killer who is still at large.
The Telegraph features photographs of the missing British sisters from Kibbutz Be’eri, a few miles from the Gaza border. Sunak has called the Hamas attack on Israel a “pogrom.” The newspaper includes a picture of a mother grieving for her son, who was killed at a music festival in southern Israel. The Institute for Fiscal Studies also analyzes Sunak’s “stealth tax raid,” which it claims is the equivalent of a six pence increase in income tax.
The Daily Mirror provides coverage of the battle plans found on dead Hamas fighters, which reveal a predicted “fierce defence of Gaza” by Israel’s soldiers. Ambushes and booby traps are anticipated.
The i reports on how security forces believe they must prepare for an underground war within the 300 miles of tunnels. Diplomats have delayed a ground invasion to aid Palestinian civilians in fleeing Gaza. Additionally, the Israeli security services are gathering intelligence on Hamas targets.
The Daily Mail warns that due to overflowing jails, emergency measures have been taken to release up to hundreds of prisoners before their sentences are up.
Lastly, the Daily Star reports on a poll in which 35% of families argue over turning the heating on, while 45% argue about who has left the lights on. Coleen Rooney has also revealed in a documentary that she told her husband, Wayne, “I just can’t carry on” after his “drinking antics with other women,” according to the Sun
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