The Guardian online covers a report from Dror Etkes of the NGO Kerem Navot, claiming that Jewish Home MK Bezalel Smotrich could directly benefit from the ‘Regulation Law,’ which retroactively allows West Bank settlers to live in homes built illegally on private Palestinian land, as Smotrich’s own home in the West Bank settlement of Kedumim is allegedly built on private Palestinian land.

The Independent reports that the Israeli High Court has ruled that an Israeli policeman who admitted to urinating on a handcuffed and blindfolded Palestinian prisoner should stand trial for assault. In the same article the paper reports that Israeli soldier Elor Azaria’s 18-month prison sentence for manslaughter will be postponed until his appeal hearing. Azaria shot dead an incapacitated Palestinian attacker in Hebron last year.

The Guardian reports on the death of 92-year-old photographer David Rubinger, describing him as the “chronicler of Israel”. President Reuven Rivlin is quoted in the report saying that Rubinger “eternalised history as it will be forever etched in our memories”.

The Sun says an Israeli study suggests that more female City traders could stabilise trading markets, as higher levels of testosterone in men results in higher levels of risk-taking.

The Times and Telegraph report on the revelations that mining and commodities giant Glencore paid Israeli businessman Dan Gertler at least £81m over a four-year period. Gertler is accused of bribery and corruption by US authorities as a result of his activities in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The Telegraph online reports that Jordan’s King Abdullah met Prime Minister Theresa May at Downing Street yesterday, where they discussed trade and security.

The online editions of the Guardian, Times, Telegraph, Financial Times and the Independent report that Syrian government forces, led by Iranian-backed militias and Russian special forces, have recaptured most of the historic city of Palmyra from ISIS.

The online editions of the Guardian, Times, Telegraph and Financial Times cover yesterday’s decision by Egypt’s Court of Cassation to acquit former President Hosni Mubarak of criminal charges based on his involvement in the killing of protestors in 2011.

In the Israeli media, the top item in Yediot Ahronot and Israel Hayom is a leaked recording of a conversation between senior Zionist Union MKs Eitan Cabel and Shelly Yachimovich. Although both deny any wrongdoing, the recording reveals an informal agreement whereby Cabel would support Yachimovich’s candidacy to head the Histadrut workers’ union and in return, she would support his bid to become Labour Party leader. Israel Radio news says that Zionist Union head Isaac Herzog, who intends to fight to remain Labour Party leader in upcoming primaries, said a serious and corrupt plot had been revealed.

Maariv leads with an assessment from Israeli security officials that the Lebanese army would join forces with Hezbollah against Israel in a future conflict. The report says the Lebanese army is thought to have greatly improved its capability since the 2006 Second Lebanon War.

The main story in Haaretz is the growing speculation among commentators that a combination of worsening living conditions and a change in Hamas’s leadership could bring about a renewed conflict in Gaza. There have been a number of rocket attacks and Israeli retaliation strikes in the last month and Maariv reports that a Hamas-affiliated publication has suggested that the group could take a more aggressive approach towards such clashes. Yahya Sinwar, the new Hamas head in Gaza, considered a hard-line member of Hamas’s military wing, is thought to favour such a policy.