The Independent i and the online edition of the Guardian both report that thousands yesterday attended the funeral of notorious Hezbollah-affiliated terrorist Samir Kuntar in a Beirut suburb. Kuntar was killed in an air strike near Damascus on Sunday night, which was thought to have been carried out by Israel. Kuntar was imprisoned for 30 years in Israel for killing a family in a terror attack in 1979, but was eventually released in a partial swap for the bodies of two soldiers in 2008. He is thought to have been building a network in the Syrian Golan Heights to target Israel. At yesterday’s funeral, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah pledged revenge against Israel.

The Times covers Sunday’s resignation of Israel’s Interior Minister Silvan Shalom, in the wake of growing accusations of sexual misconduct. At least seven women last week claimed that Shalom had forced sexual conduct upon them. Shalom denies the claims, but announced that he was leaving his ministerial post and the Knesset so as to avoid more harm to his family.

Writing in the Independent and Independent i, Donald MacIntyre says that the controversial Israeli pressure group, Breaking the Silence (BtS) is not aiming to slander IDF soldiers, “but to show the moral price paid by soldiers obliged to enforce an occupation.” BtS is accused by some Israelis of being subversive, while others defend their critical role as an important element of democracy.

The Telegraph and Independent both report that within the last several years, Iran hacked the computer system which controls a dam near New York, although they did not take control of it. The incident was apparently a response to the Stuxnet virus, which American and Israeli scientists are thought to have developed, which tampered with Iran’s nuclear development programme.

The Guardian online includes a focus on Lebanon, where Beirut’s rubbish crisis persists with mounds of refuse uncollected for several months. However, the anti-government “You Stink” movement which the situation spawned appears to have petered out.

In Syria, the Times online reports that Russian planes killed at least 73 people in an air strike on rebel-held Idlib, hitting civilian institutions including a school and a court. In a Guardian analysis, Martin Chulov says that since Russian planes were deployed, they have produced a “new layer of carnage,” while the Syrian army it is tasked to help has made little ground. The Telegraph online covers a report by the think tank IHS Jane’s, which claims that ISIS lost 14 per cent of the territory it controlled during 2015.

In the Israeli media, Israel Hayom leads with the successful final testing yesterday of the David’s Sling anti-missile system, which has been developed to protect against mid-range rocket attack. Haaretz, Maariv and Yediot Ahronot all highlight yesterday’s television appearance by Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, who vowed to avenge Samir Kuntar’s death. However, Yossi Melman in Maariv says that the two concurrent developments are mere “coincidence.”

Israel Hayom, Yediot Ahronot and Israel Radio news say that talks are continuing between the Finance Ministry and the Histadrut trade union, in an effort to prevent a threatened general strike tomorrow. Public sector workers are demanding a rise in pay. A strike would see many public services shut down, including schools and nurseries, causing enormous disruption for many Israelis.

The top story in Maariv, which is also covered by Israel Radio is the suggestion that the Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein will permit police to question Sara Netanyahu, the wife of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, over spending and other affairs at their official residence. There has been no official announcement, but Israel Radio reports that Netanyahu’s lawyer has requested to meet Weinstein.

In breaking news this morning on Ynet and elsewhere, it is reported that two smoke grenades were thrown into the home of a Palestinian family in the West Bank, in what is suspected to have been a Jewish terror attack. None were injured in the attack.