The Guardian online reports that Russia summoned Israel’s Ambassador to Moscow over the weekend in order to “demand an explanation” over last Friday’s air raids in Syria, in which Syrian anti-aircraft missiles were fired at Israeli planes thought to be targeting Hezbollah weapons convoys. The story notes an Israel Channel Two report, which said that the Israeli raid struck the convoys close to Russian troops, who are on the ground in support of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad.

The Financial Times includes a feature on the so-called ‘muezzin bill,’ which would ban the use of loudspeakers to amplify the Muslim call to prayer between 11pm and 7am, following the bill passing an initial reading in the Knesset. The article outlines the debate between backers who say they want more sleep and critics who say it targets Muslims. It notes that President Reuven Rivlin and Yesh Atid head Yair Lapid have both “spoken out” against the draft legislation.

The i includes a lengthy feature, written by author Claire Hajaj, as she walks the ‘Abraham trail’ through the West Bank, encountering locals along the way. The article is an attempt to “assess what hopes are left for peace” with the “two-state solution in peril”.

Writing in the The Evening Standard, Defence Editor Robert Fox says that the US is concerned at the rapid development of missile systems in North Korea and Iran, noting that Tehran has helped re-arm Hezbollah with 100,000 rockets with an ability to hit any target in Israel.

The Telegraph online reports that the Syrian army has re-taken territory which it lost to rebels in the capital Damascus over the weekend. However, the Times online says that the clashes constitute the “fiercest fighting in years” in Damascus, including at least three senior officers from the Syrian army, dashing regime hopes that fighting in the capital will end soon.

In the Israeli media, Yediot Ahronot and Haaretz lead with the ongoing disagreement between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon over the establishment of a new public broadcasting corporation. Netanyahu threatened an early general election over the issue during the weekend. Haaretz says that while a compromise was thought probable yesterday, the two sides are now far from an agreement. Yediot Ahronot suggests that a major factor in Netanyahu’s apparent hardening on the issue is the news that the corporation’s evening news anchor will be Geula Even-Saar, wife of former Likud Minister Gideon Saar, who is considered a potential future challenger to Netanyahu’s leadership.

Writing in Maariv, Ben Caspit says that being married to Saar makes Geula Even-Saar a “silhouette target” for Netanyahu, but that in reality “the public broadcasting corporation is not a threat to democracy or to the right-wing in Israel; it is perceived as a threat by the residents of the insane house on Balfour Street [Prime Minister’s residence]”.

The top story in Maariv is the revelation that a Syrian anti-aircraft missile, which was intercepted by Israel’s Arrow system on Friday, contained a 200kg warhead, making it “the most dangerous missile since the Gulf War” to be fired at Israel, according to a security official.

Israel Hayom leads with the announcement that the David’s Sling missile system, which is designed to tackle medium-range missiles, will be operational within the coming weeks. The David’s Sling will complement the Iron Dome system against short-range missiles and the Arrow system designed to tackle long-range ones.

Israel Radio news reports that the Knesset last night approved second and third readings of the so-called “V15 law” which will limit the activity of politically active groups, which are not political parties, during an election campaign. The bill gained precedence after the V15 organisation mobilised during the last general election to unseat the Netanyahu government.