The Times, Guardian, Telegraph, Independent, Financial Times, Independent i, Metro and Evening Standard all focus on the implementation of new Israeli security measures designed to combat the current wave of violence, which has seen several Israelis killed in daily attacks across the country during the last week or so. The measures, decided by the security cabinet on Tuesday, saw soldiers deployed yesterday to potential flashpoints, especially in Jerusalem. Meanwhile, selected roadblocks were set up at the entrances to several Arab neighbourhoods in East Jerusalem, where many of the recent attackers have come from. All reports cover another stabbing yesterday, at Jerusalem’s central bus station, which saw a woman moderately wounded. The Guardian describes a sense of “anxiety” in Israel, while the Times says that the country is currently “on edge.”

The Independent online shows “what 24 hours of terror in Israel looked like” with a blow-by-blow account of Tuesday’s bloody “Day of Rage” during which three Israelis were murdered. The Financial Times online includes a Q&A analysis of the current violence. Meanwhile, an editorial in the Independent argues that the lack of explicit backing from Palestinian bodies may prevent a full-blown intifada, but that Israel’s “heavy handed” response is unlikely to stop what it describes as “lone wolf” attacks.

The Times, Independent and online edition of the Telegraph all report that thousands of Iranian troops are poised to lead an assault on the Syrian city of Aleppo alongside President Assad’s troops and Hezbollah fighters. The Guardian also says that hundreds of Iranian troops are in Syria and that Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander General Suleimani has been filmed briefing his troops in Syria. Until now, Iran has insisted that solely military advisers rather than Iranian troops are on the ground in Syria.

The Times reports that in light of Iran’s growing regional ambitions, Gulf states are interested in purchasing Israel’s Iron Dome anti-missile system and the equivalent Israeli-developed hardware to tackle long-range missiles too.

The Guardian online says that the Egyptian government’s crackdown on Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated NGOs is now impacting numerous charitable organisations working for worthy causes such as relieving poverty.

In the Israeli media, the top story in Yediot Ahronot, Maariv and Israel Hayom is the televised address yesterday evening by Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas to the Palestinian people. Rather than call for a de-escalation of violence or condemn the recent attacks, Abbas falsely claimed that Israel had “executed” Palestinian children such as the 13-year-old who stabbed an Israeli 13-year-old in northern Jerusalem on Monday. All publications brand Abbas’s claims as a “lie” given that the 13-year-old in question had not only stabbed two people before being shot by police, but is recovering in an Israeli hospital.

Summarizing in Maariv, Ben Caspit says “This lie makes us despair. It’s hard to ignore it and move on. How can the shrinking peace camp in Israel continue to believe that it is possible to reach agreement, to hold a dialogue, to have coexistence with a society that is incapable of telling the truth, even to itself?”

Haaretz leads with the terror attack yesterday evening at Jerusalem’s central bus station, in which a 72-year-old woman was stabbed by a 23-year-old Arab from East Jerusalem, suffering moderate injuries. The story is also covered prominently in Israel Hayom. Meanwhile, Maariv and Yediot Ahronot highlight the establishment of roadblocks in some East Jerusalem neighbourhoods. Sima Kadmon in Yediot Ahronot warns that it comprises effective “division” of the city.

Israel Radio news reports that Israeli cars were struck by rocks on route 443 yesterday, which links Modi’in to Jerusalem. Meanwhile, the same outlet says that Israeli police have ordered football matches between Arab and Jewish teams this weekend to be cancelled due to current tensions.