The Times and Guardian report that the Egyptian judo competitor, who refused to shake the hand of his Israeli opponent at the Olympic Games, has been reprimanded by the International Olympic Committee and sent home. Islam El-Shehaby rejected the outstretched hand of Or Sasson, who eventually won Israel’s second bronze medal of the games. Writing in the Daily Mail, Martin Samuel highlights additional examples of hostility towards Israeli competitors during the Rio games by representatives of Arab countries. He says that “there can be zero tolerance” for such actions.

The Financial Times and Telegraph say that the international security company G4S is set to sell its Israeli subsidiary for a figure of around £77m. Although the company has been a target for anti-Israel campaigners due to its work securing Israel’s prisons, a G4S statement said that the decision to sell is entirely commercial and is “certainly not” a response to pressure from activists.

The Times, Guardian, i and the online editions of the Telegraph and Financial Times all report that for the first time yesterday, Russian fighter jets used an airbase in Iran to launch air strikes at targets in Syria. Although Russia and Iran are staunch supporters of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad, such close cooperation between the two countries appears unprecedented. Several of the articles suggest that the use of Iran’s airbase it signifies an expansion of Moscow’s influence in the region.

The Telegraph, Times, Daily Mail and the online edition of the Financial Times all report that another dual UK-Iranian citizen has been detained by Iranian authorities whilst visiting the country. The unnamed businessman is accused of links to “British intelligence”. The Telegraph says that he is the fifth UK citizen currently in Iranian detention. Iranian authorities do not recognise dual nationality.

In the Israeli media, the top story in Israel Hayom, which is also covered prominently in Maariv and Yediot Ahronot, is an accident in the Mount Dov area near Israel’s border with Lebanon, which saw seven Israeli soldiers injured when an armoured personnel carrier collided with a D-9 bulldozer. According to Israel Radio news, two of the soldiers were seriously injured and three more moderately wounded. The Military Police have opened an investigation into the incident.

Maariv reports prominently on extensive clashes which took place yesterday during an IDF operation in a village near Hebron in the West Bank. A large Israeli army force entered al-Fawa camp in order to make arrests and search for weapons. They were confronted by large numbers of locals with explosive devices, cinder blocks and rocks. Palestinian reports claim that a 17-year-old male was killed by Israeli troops, who used crowd control devices including Ruger rifles.

Meanwhile, the Times of Israel says that a military investigation has been launched after footage came to light which appears to show IDF soldiers throwing a smoke grenade at a group of Palestinian men outside a shop in Ramallah.

A major item in Yediot Ahronot is a lengthy report on new security protocols which will apparently be applied at popular open-air entertainment areas, such as Sarona in Tel Aviv, where Palestinian terrorists opened fire and killed several Israelis earlier this summer. The existing protocols apply to closed areas such as shopping centres. The new regulations are set to increase security at equivalent open air facilities.

A significant story in Yediot Ahronot, Haaretz and Israel Hayom is the continuing increase in property prices. Latest figures released yesterday indicate that prices rose on average by 8 per cent during the last year.