The Telegraph and i report that the trial has begun of Israeli soldier Elor Azaria, who several weeks ago shot dead a wounded Palestinian terrorist in Hebron, after the assailant had stabbed two Israeli troops. The case sparked fierce public debate, with some critical of the swift military investigation and rhetoric which they said prejudiced the case against Azaria. The army reiterated its rules of engagement and code of conduct in wake of the incident.

The Guardian and The Times both report that Mordechai Vanunu, a former worker at Israel’s Dimona plant, who revealed secrets about the site in the 1980s, has been charged with violating the terms of his release from prison in 2004. In particular, he is accused of revealing classified information during an interview with Israel’s Channel Two.

The Independent online covers a case brought to light by Haaretz, in which a Palestinian family in East Jerusalem claims that land it owns has been handed by Israel to a pro-settlement organisation, which says that it legally purchased the land. However, the report claims that records of the sale may have been forged.

The Guardian online covers comments made by Hamza Bin Laden, son of Osama Bin Laden, who has called for disparate Islamists in Syria to unite on the “road to liberating Palestine”.

The Financial Times reports on municipal elections in Lebanon, the first opportunity for the Lebanese public to go to the polls in six years, after two parliamentary elections were suspended. The old guard of political elites was re-elected in Beirut, despite a challenge from younger activists, although there was just a 20 per cent turn out.

The online editions of the Guardian and Telegraph report that a mother with dual British-Iranian nationality was inexplicably arrested while visiting family in Iran and has been held in solitary confinement for the past 36 days. Her infant daughter is with the woman’s family in Iran, but the father, who is not an Iranian citizen, is in Britain without contact with his wife.

In the Israeli media, with Memorial Day starting this evening, the top items in Yediot Ahronot, Maariv and Israel Hayom are all dedicated to Israel’s fallen soldiers. A nationwide siren will sound at 8pm (Israel time) to signal a minute’s silence, after which memorial ceremonies will begin across the country. The front page headline in Israel Hayom is “Endless longing,” while Yediot Ahronot’s equivalent is “With you, without you.”

Meanwhile, both Maariv and Israel Radio news cover comments made yesterday by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who sought to draw a line under the controversy surrounding IDF Deputy Chief of Staff Yair Golan. On Sunday, Netanyahu sharply criticised Golan’s comments last week at a Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony, in which he said that some processes from 1930s Germany could be detected in Israel today. However, at a meeting yesterday of the IDF General Staff, Netanyahu said the story was a one-time incident which has now passed.

Haaretz and Israel Radio both report controversy over a new civics textbook released by the Education Ministry, which critics say emphasises the country’s religiously Jewish character above other aspects of Israeli identity. The book’s language editor, Yehuda Yaari said that despite corrections, the book retained a “missionary nationalist-religious spirit.”