The Papers: ‘Year-long Gaza war’ and royal race row rumbles on

The Guardian thinks that Israel has signalled a “significant escalation” in the war with Hamas, after the resumption of fighting yesterday. The paper says the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, appears to have rejected a US call for restraint – and that Israel is preparing to launch a ground attack in southern Gaza, where it believes the Hamas leadership is based. The Guardian points to Israeli leaflets being dropped in parts of the city of Khan Younis, warning citizens to evacuate further south to Rafah, on the Egyptian border.