The Telegraph online reports that a Palestinian teenager, the suspected killer of 38-year-old Israeli mother of six, Dafna Meir was arrested early yesterday. Meir’s murder on Sunday shocked Israel, as she was stabbed to death at the entrance to her home in the West Bank settlement of Otniel, in front of her eldest child. It was one of the latest attacks in a wave of near daily violence against Israelis, which has seen at least 27 Israelis killed since October.

The Telegraph, Times, Independent and Independent i all report that nine travel operators have been arrested in Israel on suspicion of colluding to inflate the cost of educational trips for Israeli schoolchildren to visit concentration camps and historic Jewish sites in Poland. Tens of thousands of Israeli children participate in such trips annually, which cost an average of £1,064 per person when authorities believe the real cost is £845. The Times notes that the cost of living in Israel is notoriously high, with food costing 19 per cent more than the OECD average, whereas wages are among the lowest among OECD countries.

The Sun says that UKIP MEP Steven Woolfe has called on the British government and the European Union to stop funding the Israeli human rights group B’tselem. The group has faced criticism within Israel after revelations that a human rights activist it is linked with, Ezra Nawi, boasted of helping inform on Palestinians who sell land to Jewish Israelis, considered a serious crime punishable by death under Palestinian Authority law.

The Financial Times includes an interview with Maj. Gen. Uzi Moskowitz from Israel’s military unit responsible for communications and cyber defence. He says that the “gloves are off” when it comes to global cyber warfare, as countries no longer need to maintain modes of behaviour in the wake of the Iran nuclear deal.

The Independent i covers comments made by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, who said that “vigilance” is required to ensure that world powers meet the commitments of the nuclear deal and expressed “pessimism” over American intentions. Meanwhile, the Guardian online says that Iran’s conservative Guardian Council, which vets electoral candidates has blocked 40 per cent of candidates in next month’s parliamentary elections, including the vast majority of those considered reformists.

The online editions of the Telegraph and Times both report that Syrian peace talks in Geneva next week are under threat over Turkey’s refusal to accede to Russia’s demand that a Kurdish group representing militia fighting in north eastern Syria attend the conference.

The main item in the Israeli media is a spat between fellow cabinet members, Jewish Home leader and Education Minister Naftali Bennett and Likud’s Defence Minister Moshe Ya’alon. Speaking at a national security conference, Bennett accused the government led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of “cognitive stagnation,” while later yesterday at the same conference, Ya’alon said that Bennett’s comments were “bad, irresponsible and childish.” It is the top story in Yediot Ahronot, Maariv and Haaretz. Writing in Maariv, Ben Caspit muses “If this is the cohesiveness of a small ideological right wing government, just 61 seats, what would have happened here with a broad coalition?”

Meanwhile, another major item in Yediot Ahronot, Maariv and Haaretz is the arrest of a Palestinian teenager, reported to be just 15-years-old, suspected of having killed Dafna Meir earlier this week. Israel Radio news says that the head of the Palestinian Authority’s security forces has underlined the importance of coordination with Israeli forces and claims that his security services have prevented around 200 terror attacks since the current wave of violence erupted in October.

Israel Radio news covers comments made by Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, who called on Israel to recognise an independent Kurdish state, saying that such a move would bolster moderate forces in the region.