The Independent i reports a car ramming attack carried out yesterday by a Palestinian man near Hebron in the West Bank, which critically wounded an Israeli border police officer. The assailant was shot dead at the scene. The attack is the latest in a month-long wave of violence which has killed 12 Israelis. The Hebron area has been an epicentre of the violence during the past two weeks, with almost daily attacks carried out targeting Israelis.

The online editions of the Guardian, Times and Financial Times all report that UK flights to the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh have been suspended following a UK intelligence assessment that Sunday’s plane crash in the Sinai Peninsula, which killed more than 250 people may have been caused by an explosive device. The ISIS-affiliated Sinai Province terror group claimed responsibility for the crash, although it had previously exclusively targeted Egypt’s military and Israel.

At the same time, Egypt’s President al-Sisi is set to meet Prime Minister David Cameron at Downing Street today. A Guardian editorial says that although al-Sisi has “buried” democratic hopes in his country, the harsh reality of the Middle East calls for a degree of pragmatism and urges “neither … one-sided indignation nor … complacency” towards al-Sisi.

The online editions of the Guardian and Times both cover an Amnesty International report which claims that more than 65,000 Syrians have been “forcibly disappeared” by the government of President Assad and associated groups. The Assad regime has apparently generated significant income by bribing the families of those who have gone missing in return for information about their loved ones.

The Financial Times says that thousands have taken part in an anti-American protest, including flag-burning in Tehran to mark the anniversary of the siege of the US Embassy in Iran in 1979. The report says that this year’s protest was a departure from the low-key event which has marked the anniversary during the last two years, which took place in the midst of nuclear talks with the international community.

In the Israeli media, Yediot Ahronot, Maariv and Israel Hayom all lead with the assessment by UK and American intelligence that the Russian airliner which crashed last weekend over Sinai, exploded as a result of an explosive device. All say that reports indicate that the ISIS-affiliate in Sinai carried out the attack.

Israel Hayom prominently reports yesterday’s vehicle attack in the Hebron area, which left a border policeman critically wounded. Israel Radio news says that the victim remains in a life-threatening condition, meanwhile Israel last night returned the body of the terrorist.

Yediot Ahronot, Maariv and Israel Hayom all cover the revelation yesterday that Ran Baratz, the new head of public diplomacy and media at the Prime Minister’s Office recently posted a derogatory comment on Facebook directed at President Reuven Rivlin. Baratz wrote that Rivlin is such a marginal figure that even if he were taken captive by ISIS in Syria, the terror group would beg to return him. Israel Radio news says that Netanyahu’s office were unaware of the post before appointing Baratz and described the comment as “unbecoming.” Maariv says that Rivlin is “angry” over the incident.

Another major item is the High Court’s decision to postpone the destruction of a synagogue illegally built in Givat Ze’ev in the West Bank until 17 November. Hundreds of protestors gathered at the site to prevent the demolition, originally scheduled for yesterday. A Channel Ten reporter at the scene was attacked and graffiti was sprayed on the walls of the Supreme Court reading “synagogues cannot be demolished, we want a Jewish state.” In Yediot Ahronot, Ben-Dror Yemini condemns Jewish Home MK Motti Yogev for his sharp criticism of the court and insults directed at specific judges, warning that, “Incitement in the first act leads to writing on the wall in the second act and to violence in the third act.”