The increased violence in the West Bank and Jerusalem during the past several days is widely covered this morning. Following the shooting dead of two Israeli parents last Thursday in front of their children, two Israelis were stabbed to death on Friday in Jerusalem’s Old City by Palestinian assailants. Clashes have since taken place between Palestinian youths and Israeli security forces in the West Bank. The Independent, Times, Independent i and the online edition of the Guardian report that the violence has claimed the lives of two Palestinian teenagers in the last two days.

Separate reports in the Guardian online cover Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s vow to wage a “harsh offensive” against the wave of terror attacks and the subsequent arrest of five Hamas members, suspected of carrying out last week’s shooting. Both the Telegraph and Guardian discuss whether this intense period of violence constitutes the beginning of a new Intifada, a topic also debated in the Israeli media.

The Guardian also includes a feature on a history teacher in Lancaster who is seeking innovative methods for teaching the Israel-Palestinian conflict to his students, including field trips and a dual study aid which covers both sides of the conflict.

The Daily Mail reports on an Israeli company called Premia Spine, which has developed an innovative metal spine column in order to help relieve back pain.

The online editions of the Guardian, Telegraph and Times all report that ISIS has detonated the iconic Arch of Triumph in the Syrian city of Palmyra, considered the jewel in the crown of the Roman-era archaeological site.

In the Israeli media, the violence of recent days dominates the headlines. Haaretz highlights Israeli stabbing victims and two Palestinians killed in clashes with the IDF. Meanwhile, Maariv and Yediot Ahronot prominently cover the arrest of a five-man Hamas cell in Nablus over last week’s shooting, thanks to an undercover IDF operation. Israel Hayom’s top story is the measures agreed by the security cabinet last night to help combat the violence. They include further troop reinforcements and the destruction of the homes of terrorists as a deterrent to other would-be attackers.

Meanwhile, Yediot Ahronot leads with a demonstration outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s residence yesterday evening to increase action against the terror attacks, which was attended by three of his own ministers, Ze’ev Elkin, Yariv Levin and Haim Katz. Commenting in Yediot Ahronot, Sima Kadmon says that although Netanyahu has done little to improve the situation, Israel’s electorate must also shoulder the blame, having re-elected Netanyahu earlier this year following “Six years of talk; six years of zero action.”

Israel Radio news says that the Palestinian leadership will meet today in Ramallah in order to discuss how to put into practice Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas’s pledge last week before the United Nations’ General Assembly, that the PA would no longer be bound by peace accords it signed with Israel in the 1990s.

In a separate item, Israel Radio news says that a senior Russian military delegation will arrive in Israel today to begin talks on coordinating military activities in Syria, in order that the two sides are not impacted by the other’s operations. Russia recently deployed significant forces in Syria in support of President Assad, while Israel is thought to have carried out air strikes since the country’s civil war began, in order to prevent weapons transfers to Hezbollah.