The Independent i and the Guardian both report that three Palestinian teens were killed yesterday by Israeli security personnel after they launched attacks on Israelis. Two threw rocks at Israeli vehicles near Jenin in the West Bank and then opened fire on Israeli troops who arrived on the scene. Another was killed trying to stab an Israeli border policeman at a checkpoint south of Jerusalem. The Times and the online edition of the Telegraph add that two more Palestinians were killed late last night after they opened fire on border policemen at the Damascus Gate of Jerusalem’s Old City. The near-daily violent attacks since the start of October have killed at least 30 Israelis.

The Telegraph covers comments made by Israel’s Defence Minister Moshe Ya’alon at a defence conference in Munich, in which he said that several Arab states are preparing to develop a nuclear capability, in response to the July agreement between Iran and the international community over Tehran’s nuclear programme.

The Times notes that Israel’s former-Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will become the country’s first head of government to serve prison time when he begins a 19-month custodial sentence today, having been found guilty of bribery and obstruction of justice.

The Independent and Independent i both report that the government is set to announce new guidelines which would prohibit local councils and other public bodies from boycotting produce from specific countries, including Israel, as such actions “undermine good community relations.” The measures will apparently be announced by Cabinet Office Minister Matt Hancock, who is set to visit Israel this week.

Meanwhile, the online editions of the Guardian and Telegraph both report that Russian air strikes in Syria continue and that Turkey has shelled Kurdish positions in northern Syria over the weekend, despite an apparent ceasefire having been agreed between world leaders in Munich last week. The Independent says that Foreign Secretary Phillip Hammond told the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show yesterday that Russia’s President Putin could end the Syrian civil war by altering course on President Assad. A Times editorial urges the international community to focus on defeating ISIS without “tearing Syria apart.”

In the Israeli media, the top story which dominates the front pages of Yediot Ahronot, Maariv, Haaretz and Israel Hayom is a lethal crash yesterday evening on the main Route 1 motorway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, which saw six people killed when a bus collided with a truck. The accident also left dozens injured. Commenting in Maariv, Ben Caspit argues for a national strategy to combat road accidents, saying that a lack of resources is partly to blame for the numerous deaths on Israel’s roads. He writes, “When a wave of terrorism kills 15 civilians, the country gets up in arms. During a snowstorm, they set up an emergency council … But when hundreds of people are killed (and thousands injured) here annually, nothing happens.”

Another major item in Maariv, Haaretz, Yediot Ahronot and Israel Hayom is the imprisonment of former-Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, which will begin today at 10am when he arrives at Maasiyahu Prison. Olmert will be incarcerated away from the general prison population, in a special 18-person unit which also includes former-President Moshe Katsav. Writing in Maariv, Udi Segal comments on the media glare which will cover Olmert’s arrival at the prison, saying, “For years he [Olmert] sought the warmth of the spotlight and attention, and now he would rather it all fade away.”

The various attempted terror attacks are also covered widely, especially in Israel Hayom which focuses on the gun attack at Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate yesterday evening. Israel Radio news says that one of the terrorists involved in the attack was a member of the Palestinian Authority (PA) security services.