Newspaper headlines: Israel urged to allow aid and 'Labour rift deepens'

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A number of papers carry photos of the funeral of British-Israelis Lianne Sharabi and her daughters, 16-year-old Noiya Sharabi and 13-year-old Yahel Sharabi

The situation in the Middle East continues to lead many of the papers.

"Where is the hope amidst shared grief?" asks the Daily Express, external above two pictures. One shows three young Palestinian boys in Gaza - bloodied and dusty; the other is of mourners at the funeral of a British-Israeli family murdered in the Hamas attacks.

The Guardian also, external carries a picture of young mourners crying at the graves of Lianne Sharabi and her two teenaged daughters, Noiya and Yahel. "Extinguished too soon," says the paper. The Times shows, external their three coffins side by side, the Israeli flag draped over each one. Beneath the shade of cypress trees, at a cemetery in southern Israel, the three were laid to rest, after an emotional ceremony lit by the setting sun, says the paper.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's televised address last night is the lead in the Daily Telegraph, external. "We are preparing for a ground invasion... Hamas is doomed," says the headline. The paper says Mr Netanyahu "cast the coming war in biblical terms".

The Daily Mail says, external "Labour is tearing itself apart" over how to respond to the crisis. It comes after an interview in which leader Sir Keir Starmer seemed to say Israel had the "right" to cut off power and water in Gaza. Sir Keir later said he meant only to say that had the right to self-defence. The Mail reports reports that four shadow ministers are "said to be on resignation watch" over the issue.

The Times says, external the interview "prompted thousands of emails from Muslim voters, councillor resignations, and open letters from those still representing the party" and that a meeting on Wednesday with around 12 of his Muslim MPs only "made matters worse".

The i leads, external with calls for Israel to "pause" strikes on Gaza. The paper says UK diplomats are working with the UN to "convince" Israel to halt strikes temporarily to let more aid to reach civilians. It adds that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has "stopped short of backing a ceasefire".

The Guardian carries, external a warning from the UN's Relief and Works Agency - the main provider of aid in Gaza - that its operations there will be forced to stop unless fuel supplies are allowed in. The agency says hospitals, bakeries, and water pumps may cease to function, compounding a humanitarian crisis "that is worsening by the hour". Oxfam is quoted as saying that Gaza is "receiving just 2% of its usual supply of food".

A parole hearing next month for one of the men who killed infant James Bulger in 1993 is to take place behind close doors, the Daily Mirror reports, external. Jon Venables, who was 10 at the time of the murder, spent eight years in jail before being released on license, but in 2017 was jailed again after child abuse images were found on his computer. Journalists and James's mother, Denise Fergus, had argued the parole hearing should take place in public.

Finally, this year's Poppy Appeal is "going green", according to the Sun, external. The paper says the Royal British Legion is launching the first plastic-free poppy in more than 50 years. It adds that the new, totally biodegradable Remembrance Poppies are made from coffee cup production off-cuts. "Support our heroes as well as the planet," urges the paper.

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