BBC News Online reports that Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is set to meet the Richard Ratcliffe, the husband of UK citizen Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who has been detained in Iran since April 2016 and charged with plotting to overthrow the country’s regime.

The Times reports that the Trump administration hopes that the growing closeness between Israel and its Arab neighbours will be the basis for “an enduring peace” between Israel and the Palestinians.

The Mail Online reports that Israeli authorities have demolished the home of Nimr Jamal, who killed three Israelis and seriously wounded another in a shooting attack in September.

An interview with the first Israelis to move to the settlement of Yamit in the Sinai, first published in 1975, was republished in the Guardian today as part of the paper’s “from the archive” feature.

The FT reports that the US has unfrozen Yemeni central bank funds to assist the Saudi-allied government in its war effort against Iranian-backed Houthi rebels. The Telegraph notes that 50,000 Yemeni children are expected to die by the end of the year in the conflict due to starvation and disease, according to Save the Children. The Independent reports that despite the war, the Yemeni town of Marib is thriving thanks to its oil reserves.

The FT also notes that global terror attacks reached a 17-year high in 2017, although the paper also notes that fatalities resulting from attacks have decreased since 2015.

Reuters reports that Israel Discount Bank saw a 66 per cent third-quarter net profit, thanks to bond sales and commissions.

All the Israeli papers focus on Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s comments that Iran’s presence in Syria is legitimate. Israel Hayom said there “is no great love lost between Tehran and Moscow, but Iran is Russia’s partner in maintaining Bashar Assad’s regime… The Russians will also not let Israel undermine its strategic partnership with Iran, which is vital to shoring up Moscow’s standing in the region.

Yediot Ahronot includes an Israeli assessment that “the Russian statements were meant to pacify the Iranians — who did not like the reports about a deal between Jordan and Putin and Trump on a withdrawal of foreign forces from Syria in the long term”.

Haaretz and Yediot Ahronot report Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to the Jewish Federation’s General Assembly by video link. He told the crowd in Los Angeles that he was fully committed to the establishment of an egalitarian prayer space at the Western Wall. He also revealed that Israel had offered humanitarian aid to Iranian and Iraqi earthquake victims via the Red Cross, telling them: “We have no quarrel with the people of Iran. Our quarrel is only with the tyrannical regime that holds them hostage and threatens our destruction. But our humanity is greater than their hatred. Israel continues to be a light unto the nations.”

Haaretz reports that, according to the Palestinian reconciliation agreement, the Rafah crossing into Egypt from southern Gaza was due to reopen today. However, Hamas and Fatah have not agreed on security issues and it hasn’t been opened. The Palestinian Authority (PA) had expected to take over full control of the crossings whilst Hamas want to keep their forces there alongside the PA. The sides will reconvene in Cairo next week to try and break the impasse.

Yediot Ahronot notes that, for the first time, Israel and Saudi Arabia, alongside US, France and Germany submitted a resolution against the Assad regime at the UN Human Rights Council. The resolution passed with 108 countries voting in favour, 17 against and 58 abstaining.  Israel’s Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon said: “The Assad regime, with full support from Iran, has been slaughtering its people mercilessly and with incomprehensible cruelty for years. Israel, which for years has been providing humanitarian aid to Syrian civilians hurt by these atrocities, stands together with the international community against this murderous regime.”

Maariv reveals that French President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Netanyahu will hold a phone conversation in the next few days to discuss developments in Lebanon. According to French diplomatic sources, France was aware that Israel felt legitimately threatened and was on the front line of the conflict between Hezbollah and Saudi Arabia.

Yediot Ahronot report that Netanyahu is due to be questioned again on Sunday in his residence about Case 1000, which concerns alleged gifts and benefits the Prime Minister and his wife received.   In addition, they may also ask questions regarding Case 3000, the submarines affair, which involves two close associates of the Prime Minister, although he is not a suspect himself.

Kan Radio News reports the IDF destroyed the home of Nimr Jamal, the terrorist who killed three people in the shooting attack in Har Adar a month and a half ago.