The Financial Times, Telegraph, Times, i, Daily Mirror, Guardian, Daily Star, Daily Mail, Daily Express, Metro, Sun and Independent all cover yesterday’s terror attack in Jerusalem, which killed four non-combat soldiers, one commander and three cadets from the IDF officers’ training school. A resident of a nearby Arab neighbourhood ploughed a truck into the group of soldiers who were on an educational trip. Most of the reports include comment from Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who said “all signs” point to the attacker being a supporter of ISIS.

The Telegraph, Guardian, i, Metro and Independent all report suggestions in the Israeli media that one of the cases being pursued in a criminal investigation of Netanyahu, is an alleged attempt to broker a quid pro quo deal with the publisher of the Yediot Ahronot daily, which is considered highly critical of Netanyahu. Police reportedly have possession of a taped conversation between Netanyahu and Yediot Ahronot publisher Noni Mozes, who Netanyahu has repeatedly accused of waging a campaign to unseat him. Apparently, Netanyahu offered to support a bill limiting circulation of Yediot Ahronot’s main rival Israel Hayom, in return for more favourable coverage.

The Daily Mail, Telegraph, Metro, Daily Express, Sun and Daily Mirror all report that Maria Strizzolo, who was caught on camera by an undercover reporter discussing “taking down” Conservative MPs considered hostile towards Israel, has resigned her position at the Skills Funding Agency. Strizzolo and Israel Embassy employee Shai Masot were filmed by an Al-Jazeera reporter posing as a pro-Israel activist, discussing “taking down” Sir Alan Duncan and Crispin Blunt. Israel’s Ambassador to the UK, Mark Regev issued an apology and said that Masot would soon no longer be working at the embassy.

The Guardian online says that the Labour Party is calling for the government to launch an inquiry into what it describes as “improper interference in our democratic politics,” in the wake of the taped conversation.

The Independent reports that a 90-year-old live grenade was discovered in a cupboard in a Tel Aviv military museum and had to be defused.

In Syria, the Telegraph online covers a car bomb attack in a government-controlled area west of Damascus in which five people were killed, including three Syrian military intelligence officers. Responsibility for the attack was claimed by an Al-Qaeda affiliate.

The online editions of the Guardian, Telegraph and Financial Times all cover the death of Iran’s former President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, aged 82. Rafsanjani was a founder of Iran’s Islamic Revolution in 1979.

In the Israeli media, Yediot Ahronot, Israel Hayom and Maariv all lead with yesterday’s terror attack in Jerusalem, which Maariv terms “ISIS-style”. Writing in Maariv, Yossi Melman notes that the Palestinian Authority (PA) condemned the attack and said “they are even more concerned than Israel about ISIS-inspired terror attacks. Furthermore, to Hamas’‎s chagrin, the security cooperation between [the PA and] Israel continues to benefit both sides”.

In Yediot Ahronot, Yossi Yehoshua refutes claims that cadets at yesterday’s terror scene hesitated to open fire at the attacker, due to fears that they may be prosecuted like Elor Azaria, the solder convicted of manslaughter last week after having killed a wounded Palestinian terrorist in Hebron. Comparing the two incidents, he says: “When a terrorist is using a truck as a weapon, it is the duty of every soldier bearing arms to shoot to kill. Plain and simple. Alternatively, when you arrive on the scene 11 minutes after the incident and find a dying terrorist lying on the ground and posing no threat either to you personally or your comrades in arms—‎there is absolutely no need to shoot him in the head.”

The top item in Haaretz, which is also covered prominently in Yediot Ahronot, Maariv and Israel Hayom is the reported conversation between Prime Minister Netanyahu and Noni Mozes, which is apparently under investigation. Writing in Maariv, Ben Caspit says that “the Netanyahu family is suspected of having acted as if it were royalty” and that “contrary to some reports, there aren’‎t ‘two affairs’ ‎that are now being investigated in connection to Netanyahu. There are a long series of stories and threads that have turned into a very large number of investigations”.