The Financial Times reports on a panel discussion it hosted with technology leaders to discuss how Mexico can set the right conditions for innovation, during which Clip Chief Executive Adolfo Babatz identified Israel as one of the world’s “three main [technology] ecosystems”.

The Daily Telegraph reports that Israel began construction yesterday of its first new settlement in the West Bank in nearly two decades, in a move that Palestinians have called an attempt to thwart US President Donald Trump’s peace-making efforts. The Guardian notes the new settlement, Amichai, will house 300 residents of Amona, a settlement dismantled in February 2017. The BBC reports that Prime Minister Netanyahu has tweeted a photograph of a bulldozer and digger breaking ground for the settlement.

The Guardian features an article arguing that the rush to ISIS stronghold Raqqa “risks bringing not peace but escalation,” as the various forces in the region jostle to take control of the vacated territory.

The i reports that police in Argentina believe they have found the largest collection of Nazi artefacts in the country’s history. Experts are citing the find as further evidence that leading Nazis fled to Argentina after the collapse of the Third Reich in 1945.

All the Israeli media report that jailed former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is undergoing medical tests at Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer after experiencing chest pains and feeling unwell. The hospital says it has not yet determined a medical cause for the 72-year-old’s condition.

Haaretz report that Israel and Jordan have strengthened ties due to the Iranian presence in Syria.

The Times of Israel reports that Egypt’s military says its air force has killed 12 “extremely dangerous” militants in airstrikes in northern Sinai. In a statement, the armed forces said the strikes also destroyed four vehicles as it targeted a “terrorist stronghold” of the local Islamic State affiliate, formerly known as Ansar Beit al-Maqdis.

Israel Hayom features excerpts this morning from a longer piece that will be published in its weekend edition about vast Turkish funding of Muslim causes in East Jerusalem, commenting that “Turkish foundations and organisations have been funneling tens of millions of dollars into East Jerusalem and the Temple Mount area, with the aim of strengthening Turkey’s status as a leading Muslim element in Jerusalem”.

Maariv reports on Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkott’s warning last night that Israel will continue to prevent transfers of advanced weapons to Hezbollah.

The Times of Israel reports that the US has shot down an Iranian-made Shahed 129 pro-regime drone in the skies over Syria.

Haaretz reports that the spokesperson for Germany’s foreign minister said that Israel’s hostile treatment by NGOs and civil society organisations that receive funding from foreign states is like that of the governments of Russia and China.

Maariv reports on a bill by Yisrael Beiteinu that would introduce lie detector tests for security cabinet members to prevent leaks.