The Times, Independent, Daily Mirror and Independent i all include reports from hospitals in northern Israel, where wounded Syrian fighters abandoned at the Israel-Syria border are being treated. Even though some are openly fighting for Islamist groups which oppose Israel, more than 2,000 Syrians have been treated in Israeli hospitals since the conflict began. Some of the patients are quoted saying that their treatment has altered their view on Israel, but they intend to return to fight in Syria.

The Metro says that United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has described Israel’s potential appropriation of 380 acres of land in the Jordan Valley area of the West Bank as “a violation of international law.”

The Times and the online edition of the Independent both cover the fallout from the violent disruption this week by pro-Palestinian protestors at a talk by former-Shin Bet chief Ami Ayalon at King’s College in London. An inquiry has reportedly been ordered and Universities Minister Jo Johnson responded saying, “Britain and Israel share many important academic links and speakers must be able to address meetings peacefully.”

The Telegraph online covers a report which says that Russian air strikes in Syria have killed more civilians than ISIS fighters, since they began in September. Meanwhile, the Guardian online reports that US Secretary of State John Kerry has said that peace talks between various Syrian factions in Geneva will be delayed by a day or two.

The Guardian online says that in Egypt a bomb, thought to have been planted by the Muslim Brotherhood, has killed six people, including three policemen in Giza, near the iconic ancient pyramids.

In the Israeli media, the top story in Yediot Ahronot, also covered prominently in Maariv is a claim by Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas, that he suggested meeting with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and received no response. Netanyahu’s office rejected the claim, saying that it was an “attempt by Abbas to evade responsibility for the lack of talks.” Netanyahu has publicly called for the two to meet on numerous occasions and repeated his invitation at the World Economic Forum at Davos yesterday.

A major story in Haaretz is clashes which took place in Hebron yesterday between local Palestinians and Israeli security forces, after Jewish settler families moved into two buildings near the Tomb of the Patriarchs, which is holy to both Jews and Muslims. The families say that they purchased the properties legally from Palestinians, but Israeli security officials said that they had not secured the proper authorisation and suggested that they may eventually be evicted.

The top story in Maariv is polling which they conducted in the wake of former-IDF Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi’s anticipated entry into politics. A criminal case against Ashkenazi was formally closed this week, paving the way for him to forge a political career. He is thought to have been courted by both Zionist Union and Yesh Atid to join their ranks. However, Maariv’s poll indicates that although Ashkenazi would boost Yesh Atid, it would not greatly impact the balance of political power. However, a Channel Ten poll indicated that a new centrist party including Ashkenazi, Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid and Kulanu head Moshe Kahlon would defeat Likud if an election were held today.