The Evening Standard reports on the Gaza rockets which struck southern Israel on Tuesday and Wednesday and the subsequent Israeli Air Force strike at Hamas bases in the Gaza Strip, describing it as the heaviest exchange of fire since a negotiated ceasefire brought Operation Pillar of Defence to an end in November. The Independent and its sister publication Independent i both include similar reports, which appear to link the violence in the Gaza region to the death on Tuesday through cancer of Hamas member Maysara Abu Hamdiyeh in an Israeli hospital, which sparked protests in the West Bank. The online edition of the Financial Times provides a round-up of the violence over the last couple of days in the Gaza region and West Bank, as well as the exchanges of fire across the Israel-Syria border.

The online editions of the Telegraph and Guardian both cover the findings of a King’s College study, which reveals that foreign Islamists, in particular from Europe, are increasingly fighting in the civil war in Syria. The study argues that the longer the fighting in Syria continues, the greater the chances that a “new generation” of jihadists will be born.

With the latest round of nuclear talks between Iran and the international P5+1 forum set to begin today in Kazakhstan, the online edition of the Telegraph says that a new study estimates that Iran has lost around £66 billion in oil revenue and investment due to its quest to enrich uranium in defiance of international demands for it to stop.

The Times includes a review of the Israeli film, The Gatekeepers, an Oscar-nominated documentary featuring the thoughts and views of six former heads of Israel’s Shin Bet security agency. Meanwhile, the online edition of the Financial Times includes a feature on the development of Rawabi, a new planned city in the Palestinian-controlled part of the West Bank, which is the largest ever Palestinian private sector project.

In the Israeli media this morning, Israel Hayom leads by saying that Palestinian rioting is expected in the West Bank today, with the funeral of Maysara Abu Hamdiyeh, a convicted Palestinian prisoner who died of cancer, set to take place near Hebron. Israel Radio News reports that a Palestinian youth was killed last night by IDF fire near the West Bank city of Tulkarm after a group of young men attacked an Israeli army position near a roadblock. Meanwhile, Maariv says that the Palestinian Authority is trying to rein in the Palestinian street ahead of a visit to the region by US Secretary of State John Kerry, which is scheduled to begin on Monday. Following the recent firing of rockets from the Gaza Strip into Israel, Makor Rishon reports that Egypt is pressuring Hamas to maintain the quiet.

Maariv and Israel Hayom also highlight the reaction to a controversial opinion article published yesterday by Haaretz reporter Amira Hass, which justified Palestinian stone-throwing in the West Bank. The article prompted the umbrella organisation of Jewish settlements in the West Bank to call for both Hass and Haaretz to be investigated for inciting violence. Both Maariv and Israel Hayom include opinion articles critical of Hass’ piece, including one titled “Words Kill” by the mother of a three-year-old girl seriously injured in a rock-throwing incident.