The Times reports that six Hamas members from the West Bank have been arrested by Israeli forces, suspected of having been responsible for the bombing of a bus in Jerusalem last month, which injured twenty people. It came as a wave of stabbing and vehicle attacks on Israelis appeared to slow down. However, an Israeli soldier was lightly injured yesterday in Tel Aviv, after a Palestinian youth attacked him with a screwdriver.

The Telegraph and the online edition of the Guardian both report that Sara Netanyahu, wife of Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, could face fraud charges after a police investigation concluded. The investigation apparently focused on how Sara Netanyahu spent state money, with questions over whether it was used for private purposes including her late father’s day care. The Telegraph says that Israel’s Attorney General will now decide whether there is a case to answer. Sara Netanyahu’s conduct towards her staff at the prime minister’s residence came under the microscope last year during a court case.

The Daily Mirror and i both cover an address given by Labour MP for Bradford, Naz Shah, to a synagogue in Leeds, where she apologised for comments she made on social media, which appeared to endorse the deportation of Israeli Jews. She admitted to having been “ignorant” when the comments were made. The Daily Mail reports that a Labour councillor, who oversees transparency, openness and equality on Birmingham City Council called Israel a “terrorist state” at a demonstration in 2014.

The online editions of the Guardian and Telegraph both report that the Syrian opposition’s chief negotiator in talks which have taken place mainly in Geneva, has quit over a lack of progress and the international community’s apparent inability to enforce resolutions, such as access to aid or prisoner releases.

The Financial Times online says Iran has announced that its citizens will not attend this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, over mistrust of Riyadh. The article says that the move illustrates “the breakdown in relations between the Gulf superpowers”.

In the Israeli media, the top story in Yediot Ahronot, Maariv, Haaretz and Israel Hayom is the swearing in of Yisrael Beitenu leader Avigdor Lieberman as Defence Minister. It follows an agreement to meet Jewish Home leader and Education Minister Naftali Bennett’s demand to appoint a military attache to the security cabinet. Haaretz and Maariv especially focus on the declarations yesterday by both Lieberman and Prime Minister Netanyahu that they support a two-state solution and are prepared to negotiate a wider peace based on the Arab peace initiative. This Saudi-led plan proposes pan-Arab rapprochement with Israel in return for the establishment of a Palestinian state. Writing on the NRG news site, Shalom Yerushalmi says that Lieberman has turned from “The muscleman from the opposition” into “the poodle from the coalition”.

Another major item in Yediot Ahronot, Maariv, Haaretz and Israel Hayom is a stabbing attack on a soldier yesterday in Tel Aviv. The soldier was lightly injured after being stabbed with a screwdriver. Members of the public intervened to help prevent further injury and the assailant was eventually arrested.

YNet reports that the sister of an Israeli soldier whose tank was captured during the First Lebanon War in 1982, has said that she hopes the return of his tank will help bring new information on the fate of her brother. Yehuda Katz, Zvi Feldman and Zachary Baumel have been missing ever since the battle of Sultan Yacoub. However, this week, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin agreed to return their tank to Israel, having been displayed in a Russian military museum for many years. The agreement is another sign of growing Israel-Russia ties.