The i reports that Hamas has praised the terrorist who shot dead two Israelis in an attack in Jerusalem on Sunday. He was killed in a shoot-out with police after shooting to death a 29-year-old police  officer and a grandmother. A Hamas spokesman is quoted telling members to get ready “for a new phase of confrontation”.

The Independent includes a report which says that the IDF is increasingly arresting Palestinian journalists for inciting violence against Israelis. The article says that there are concerns the arrests are an attempt to stifle Palestinian freedom of expression.

The Daily Mail says that Israeli scientists have developed a therapy to tackle the most common cause of blindness in people over the age of 50.

The Guardian online reports that the Jordanian government is planning to use a crane system to deliver food regularly to Syrian refugees stranded in no-man’s land between Jordan and Syria.

The Telegraph online says that a beauty pageant planned to take place in Upper Egypt has been cancelled over the threat of violence by those who believe that such a contest violates codes of modesty. The Upper Egypt region is reportedly one of the country’s most conservative areas.

In the Israeli media, the top item in Yediot Ahronot and Israel Hayom is the security preparations ahead of the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur which begins this evening. Extra police have been called up in Jerusalem, with large numbers of worshippers expected to visit the Western Wall. Yediot Ahronot and Israel Radio news report that that there will be a general closure of the Palestinian areas of the West Bank today and tomorrow, with tensions around major Jewish holidays typically high. Yom Kippur also falls just two days after Sunday’s terror attack in Jerusalem, which left two Israelis dead.

Maariv says that Likud MK Yehuda Glick has apologised via social media for comments he made regarding a judge who had delayed the imprisonment of Sunday’s attacker for a previous offence. Glick originally said that the judge had blood on her hands. But yesterday he said: “The Israeli legal establishment is not free from criticism, even profound criticism, but no one should… attack this system or any of its employees. Were it not for the legal system, Israel would descend into anarchy.”

Israel Radio news says that Jewish Home leaders Education Minister Naftali Bennett and Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked met residents of the West Bank settlements of Amona and Ofra after a High court rulings ordered that residents be removed from both settlements. Bennett and Shaked reportedly said that the issue should not be a reason to threaten the government’s stability, but that a way should be found to legalise such settlements.

Both Maariv and Haaretz report that the rabbi of the Talmon settlement has been appointed as the chief rabbi of Israel’s Police. Maariv says the rabbi had previously made disparaging comments about homosexuality and he suggested that male and female police officers should not serve alongside each other. The Walla news website reports that the rabbi had also said that officers should not comply with orders to remove settlements.