The Times reports that over the weekend, a rocket from the Gaza Strip was fired into Israel. It was the second such incident since the 50-day Operation Protective Edge came to an end in August. The rocket landed in open space, causing no injuries or damage and no group took responsibility for the attack. As a security measure, Israel closed the Gaza border crossings to imports excluding humanitarian aid.

The Metro reports that Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday called for “restraint and responsibility” over the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. The site, holy to both Jews and Muslims has been the centre of controversy recently after an attempted assassination last week on a campaigner for greater Jewish prayer rights on the Temple Mount. Netanyahu reiterated that there would be no change to the status quo at the site, despite Palestinian accusations otherwise.

The Telegraph online says that five Jewish Israelis were arrested yesterday by Israeli police for attempting to pray at the Temple Mount. Jews are permitted to visit the site in small numbers, but not to pray for fear of a violent response. However, the Independent and Independent i both note that firebrand Likud MK Moshe Feiglin was allowed atop the Temple Mount and his visit passed peacefully.

The Guardian online reports on a US Supreme Court decision expected today on a long-running case which could have implications for the US position on Jerusalem. The parents of a 12-year-old boy, a dual US-Israeli citizen, who was born in Jerusalem want his US passport to state that he was born in Israel. However, the United States currently does not recognise the entirety of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

Meanwhile, writing in the Guardian online, Azriel Bermant says that Prime Minister Netanyahu’s determination to build in areas beyond the pre-1967 borders, in defiance of international concerns, could endanger Israel’s leverage with the international community over Iran’s nuclear programme.

The Guardian, Telegraph and Independent all report that a British woman with dual Iranian citizenship has been sentenced to one year in prison by a Tehran court after she defied gender segregation laws by attending a men’s volleyball match. In a closed trial, she was apparently found guilty of “spreading propaganda against the regime.” The Independent online includes a feature on continued repression of freedoms in Iran, despite President Rouhani’s rise to power.

The online editions of the Times and Telegraph both report that US-backed opposition forces in Syria have been attacked by the al-Qaeda affiliate al-Nusra Front in the north of the country. The incident calls into question hopes that the two factions could provide a united front against both ISIS and the Assad regime.

In the Israeli media, the continued tension in Jerusalem remains a major story. Maariv says that police were aware of threats to the safety of Temple Mount activist Rabbi Yehuda Glick, who was shot last week by an assailant. The attacker was later killed in a shoot-out with Israeli counter-terrorism forces. Israel Hayom and Israel Radio news both cover a letter of condolence sent to the assailant’s family by Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas, who called the attacker a “martyr” who had been killed by IDF “terrorist gangs.” Both reports say that Abbas’s letter was condemned by Prime Minister Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman.

Meanwhile, another prominent item in Maariv, Yediot Ahronot and Israel Hayom is the questioning in court today for the first time of Shula Zaken, the former personal aide to Ehud Olmert during his time as prime minister and other public offices. In May, Olmert was sentenced to six years imprisonment on bribery charges, but was acquitted of receiving illegal payments. Zaken subsequently revealed new evidence of such payments and will today be cross-examined.

Yediot Ahronot’s top story is a report that current Deputy-Chief of Staff, Maj Gen Gadi Eizenkot will be appointed as the IDF’s new Chief of Staff. A decision is expected in two weeks’ time.