The Times reports that Israeli water company Mekorot, which provides water to some Palestinian areas of the West Bank, has reduced the water supply to the city of Jenin and some surrounding villages. The article says that no reason has been given for the reduction in supply. Israeli utility companies continue to supply basic services to West Bank Palestinians, although these are periodically cut due to unpaid bills often worth millions of pounds.

The i reports comments made by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, who threatened to “set fire” to the nuclear accord signed last July with the P5+1 powers (US, UK, France, Russia, China and Germany), should the next US President breach the terms of the deal.

The Financial Times reports that Iran is frustrated at the slow progress of overseas deals in the wake of the nuclear accord. However, the Guardian online says that Iran is on the verge of an agreement with the American aviation company Boeing, to purchase up to 100 aircraft.

Meanwhile, the online editions of the Guardian and Telegraph report on the case of a dual British-Iranian national, 37-year-old mother Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who has been imprisoned in Iran without access to a lawyer after being arrested at Tehran airport returning to the UK after a family visit. The Iranian Revolutionary Guards yesterday alleged that she is a ringleader of “hostile institutions” fomenting the “soft overthrow” of the Iranian regime. Her two-year old daughter remains with family in Iran after her British passport was confiscated, while her British husband requires a visa to enter Iran.

Israel’s media this morning is dominated by security and defence issues. Israel Hayom’s top story is a briefing given by an unnamed top defence ministry official, who told reporters that in the next conflict in Gaza, the aim will be to topple Hamas. Although the official emphasised that Israel has no intention of retaking control of the Gaza Strip, “we can’t wage an unending war of attrition.” In Yediot Ahronot, Nahum Barnea reports that Israel is planning to build an underground defensive wall along the Gaza border, in order to counter the threat of Hamas attack tunnels.

Meanwhile, the top story in Maariv, also covered prominently by Yediot Ahronot, is an apparent disagreement over US aid for Israel’s missile defence system. Washington has partnered with Israel in developing systems such as the Iron Dome and has committed to continuing in this venture. However, the White House yesterday issued a statement rejecting a request by Congress to add a further £318 million to the budget for missile defence. The statement was issued without Israel’s knowledge. However, Israel’s Prime Minister’s Office was quick to explain that there is no crisis and that funding for missile defence will simply be part of a new overall US military aid package currently being finalised. However, Yediot Ahronot reports that opposition leader Isaac Herzog accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of placing Israeli lives at risk due to his “ego games”.

Yediot Ahronot reports on the ongoing “equality march” organised by local authorities, demanding an equal allocation of resources to communities in Israel’s geographical periphery. The report says that former-IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz joined the march yesterday, which started in the southern town of Yerucham and is set to end in Jerusalem.