The continuing violence, which yesterday saw seven Israelis injured in five separate attacks on both sides of the pre-1967 border, is widely covered this morning. The Telegraph and Independent i focus on one of the attacks, another stabbing in Jerusalem’s Old City, in which a Palestinian woman injured an Israeli man, who was nonetheless able to shoot his assailant. The attack happened just hours after Israel lifted temporary restrictions on Palestinians entering the Old City.

The Times says that the spate of attacks has led to fears that a new Palestinian intifada has begun. The Guardian, Independent and the online edition of the Financial Times all report that Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cancelled a planned official visit to Germany yesterday as a result of the violence. Meanwhile, the Guardian highlights that Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas clarified yesterday that he opposes “all violence” and use of weapons.

The Guardian online includes a Q&A style briefing on the current violence, predicting that although the unrest is likely to subside, a particularly severe incident could see events spiral into more widespread violence. Writing in the Independent and Independent i, Rachel Shabi says that the absence of any political framework towards a peaceful resolution has left a vacuum which is inevitably being filled with violent unrest.

The Times and the online editions of the Guardian, Telegraph and Financial Times all report that Russia yesterday stepped up its military intervention in Syria. 26 cruise missiles were launched at rebel targets in Syria from more than one thousand miles away. Meanwhile, Russian air support provided cover for President Assad’s forces and Hezbollah fighters to launch a ground offensive. The Guardian online says that the United States believes that more than 90 per cent of Russian air strikes so far have targeted non-ISIS forces.

The Independent i covers comments made by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei yesterday, who told Revolutionary Guards commanders that further talks with the United States are banned, despite July’s nuclear agreement.

The Israeli media is fully focused on yesterday’s day of intensified violence. It is the top story in Israel Hayom, Maariv, Haaretz and Yediot Ahronot, which carries a simple front page headline “Day of terror.” Writing in Haaretz, Amos Harel notes that the current spate of attacks appears to be a “wave which feeds itself.” Maariv and Israel Hayom both report that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered Israel’s Police chief to ban government ministers and Knesset members from visiting the Temple Mount, for fear of sparking further unrest.

Haaretz includes an interview with PA President Mahmoud Abbas, who said that he opposes the use of violence. Abbas has been accused by Israeli leaders of stoking violence with incendiary rhetoric, particularly over the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Writing in Yediot Ahronot, Yossi Yehoshua says that security professionals believe that Abbas is “actually acting to cool tempers and is not inciting to violence.” He predicts that “We will miss Abu Mazen [Abbas] the day after, when a militant heir takes his place.”

Israel Radio news summarizes a number of lesser incidents which also took place yesterday. They include a violent demonstration by dozens of local Arabs in the central city of Lod. A policeman sustained light injuries. Meanwhile, stones were thrown at busses in Upper Nazareth and Jaffa.