Newspaper headlines: 'Sunak sends military' and 'Ecclestone's £400m fraud'

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By BBC News
Staff
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A number of papers report on the FA's decision not to light the Wembley arch in the colours of the Israel flag for England's friendly against Australia on Friday

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The Times and the Daily Telegraph lead on Israel's decision to publish photographs of mutilated bodies, including babies, allegedly killed by Hamas at the weekend. The Telegraph says it is reproducing one of the pictures, quoting US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken who said it was an image that spoke a million words.

The paper says it is a vital portrait of a horrendous attack. But the Times says it is not publishing any of the photographs because they are "too graphic". The two papers agree in their criticism of the BBC, after the corporation said it would not call Hamas "terrorists" because it needed to remain impartial.

In an editorial, the Telegraph says impartiality is a value "often absent from the rest" of the BBC's coverage. The Times says the Hamas terrorists have defined themselves by their own acts. The article also quotes a group of barristers arguing that the BBC is, in effect, cloaking the evils committed by Hamas in euphemism. The BBC says it takes its use of language "very seriously", allowing audiences to make their own judgement.

Several papers report that the Football Association is also facing criticism for refusing to light up the Wembley Arch in the colours of the Israeli flag, for England's friendly game against Australia tonight. The Sun calls the FA "spineless."

An editorial in the Daily Mail questions the FA's explanation that it wants to avoid a backlash. The paper says it is far more likely that they do not want to offend the oil-rich Middle Eastern states that now put so much into football. The FA said it would remember the innocent victims with the players wearing black armbands and a period of silence before kick-off.

The UK government's decision to send a military task force to the eastern Mediterranean makes the lead in the Daily Mirror. In an editorial, the paper says Britain's support for Israel should be accompanied by a greater diplomatic effort to secure humanitarian aid for Gaza.

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A report in the i says British intelligence agencies are helping international efforts to locate where Hamas is holding Israeli hostages taken to Gaza. But one source told the paper that Israel's military might have hampered the attempts to find information when they bombed communications infrastructure and cut off electricity.

According to the Mail, Rishi Sunak, and the Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, have summoned police chiefs and told them to get a grip on anti-Israeli hate after some Jewish schools in London said they would not open today to protect their pupils. But one of the senior officers at the meeting pushed back, saying that support for the Palestinian cause could not be interpreted as support for Hamas.

There is an arresting headline in the Times: "Moondust roads to pave the way for lunar colony." The paper says scientists believe it will be possible to create paving slabs by heating moon-dust with a giant lens - avoiding the need to bring construction materials from Earth when attempts are made to establish a permanent presence on the Moon.

The Daily Telegraph and the Guardian report on a library jumble sale that went wrong. People mistakenly believed that all books at Batley Library were involved in the one pound-a-bag sale, not just titles on the designated tables. A volunteer said children's, adult fiction, graphic novels and cookery were among the sections "decimated". People were also reportedly seen putting Lego from the library Lego club in their bags.