Newspaper headlines: 'Cummings feels the heat' and 'let elderly accept fate'

Bereaved relatives protesting outside the Covid inquiry in London

Wednesday's papers focus on the revelations from Dominic Cummings' testimony at the Covid inquiry and the latest news from the Israel-Hamas war.

Boris Johnson's former chief adviser, Dominic Cummings, is on a number of front pages after his appearance at the Covid inquiry. The Daily Mirror and the i highlight a diary entry by the then chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance who complained that Mr Johnson was "obsessed with older people accepting their fate and letting the young get on with life".

The Daily Mail says Mr Cummings was "left squirming" after he was accused of "poisoning the pandemic response with toxic briefings against colleagues". The paper's columnist Quentin Letts describes him as a "husky-voiced Cassandra"adding that "heaven knows how Boris Johnson put up with him for so long".

The Daily Express describes Mr Cummings as "Boris's foul-mouthed and disloyal top adviser" who "should have never been welcomed into Downing Street". The editorial calls him a "privileged egotist" who "demonised the people he should have done everything to support".

Israel's attack in Jabalia, on the outskirts of Gaza City, makes the lead in the Guardian. The paper quotes a spokesman for the UN children's agency, Unicef, who describes Gaza as "a graveyard for thousands of children" and "a living hell for everyone else".

An article in the Financial Times says that as the Israel Defence Force goes into Gaza, Hamas has the home advantage. Israel estimates that Hamas has about 40,000 elite fighters, an arsenal of drones and more than 20,000 rockets. An analyst tells the paper that Hamas knows its terrain and will defend it fiercely and with ingenuity.

The Daily Telegraph highlights a warning from the director of the FBI that Hamas poses the greatest terror threat since the defeat of the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria. Christopher Wray says the war between Israel and Hamas could serve as inspiration to jihadists operating in the US and across the Western world.

"How dare you!" is the Sun's front-page headline, after videos emerged online showing police officers in London and Manchester removing posters of Israeli children held by Hamas. The paper says Greater Manchester Police has made what it calls a "grovelling apology", while the Met insisted it was taking steps to "stop issues escalating."

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