The BBC and the Guardian report that a Welshman has been released from detention in Yemen after being held without charge or trial for five years. Luke Symons, of Cardiff, was 25 when he was seized in 2017 by the Houthis, a rebel group fighting the Yemen government in the civil war. He was seized as a suspected spy, a claim his family have called “ridiculous”. UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss thanked “our Omani and Saudi partners for their support in securing his release”.

Reuters reports that six people died when a boat capsized off the Lebanese coast of Tripoli overnight on Sunday, including at least one child. The small dinghy carrying around 60 people sunk off the coast with both Lebanese and Syrians aboard. Tensions rose in Tripoli on Sunday as relatives of the victims gathered in agitated crowds outside hospitals where those hurt in the sinking were receiving treatment.

In the Israeli media, all the papers note that Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has invited US President Joe Biden to Israel in the coming months. Prime Minister Bennett spoke last night on the telephone with the president and informed him about Israel’s efforts to end the rioting and the incitement in Jerusalem. The two men also discussed the Iranian issue, and specifically spoke about Iran’s demand to remove the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps from the State Department’s terror list.

Kan Radio reports that a 22-year-old man from Rahat was stabbed last night. He is hospitalised in serious condition at Soroka Hospital in Beer Sheva. The incident occurred as armed men roamed the streets of Rahat and opened fire in broad daylight on homes and places of business. Police Commissioner Insp. Gen. Yaakov Shabtai visited the city and pledged to take firmer action to rein in crime. The police will deploy an additional 100 police officers in the city and will set up a new command centre in the city for the commander of the Border Police’s Southern District. The plan is to have police officers deployed all across Rahat, and not only in neighbourhoods that are home to clans that are in the midst of a conflict.

All papers report on how Israeli politicians reacted to Emmanuel Macron’s victory over his far-right rival Marine Le Pen in the country’s presidential elections on Sunday. Writing in Hebrew, French and English, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid referred to “my good friend” Macron as “an important leader of the global centre and a true friend of Israel. We’ll continue to work together to strengthen cooperation between our countries”. Prime Minister Naftali Bennett also congratulated Macron, tweeting: “Under your leadership, I have no doubt that the ties between Israel and France will continue to grow stronger.” Defence Minister Benny Gantz hailed the win, calling Macron “a bold leader in the international community”. MK Emilie Moatti, of the left-wing Labour Party, who lived for several years in France, wrote on Twitter: “Vive la France!” Earlier in the day she had offered her public support for Macron.

Haaretz reports that the Knesset House Committee will likely approve Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s request to declare his Yamina party colleague Amichai Chikli as a “defector,” which would block him from linking up with any existing party for the next election. In his request, Bennett said that before and after the formation of the current coalition government, Chikli has chosen to divorce himself from the Yamina faction “and to act in total opposition to its positions while actively and deliberately taking steps to defeat the faction, the coalition and the Israeli government”. House Committee chairman Nir Orbach will not be attending today’s meeting due to the death of his mother and the session will be chaired by Blue and White Knesset member Eitan Ginzburg. Ra’am MK Walid Taha is also expected to be absent from the committee session due to his party’s decision to “freeze” its membership of the coalition. However, the absence of the two is not expected to affect the outcome of the vote.

The Jerusalem Post writes that Meretz MK Mossi Raz took part in ceremonies in the Armenia capital Yerevan yesterday, marking the anniversary of orders given for the 1915 massacre of Armenians. Raz laid a wreath at the memorial to the estimated 1.5 million victims and visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial complex. “The time has come to remember the victims everywhere where cruel racism has been expressed,” Raz said at the ceremony. “This is our obligation as Jews and humans.” Raz will meet today with Armenian Foreign Ministry officials and members of the Armenian parliament. In April 2021, Foreign Minister Lapid stated in response to US President Joe Biden’s recognition of the Armenian genocide that this was “an important moral declaration … I’ll continue to fight for an Israeli recognition of the Armenian genocide. This is our moral responsibility as Jews.” Bennett expressed his support in 2018 for an official Israeli recognition of the Armenian genocide, and so has Justice Minister Gideon Sa’ar.