DANYA SAPERSTEIN

Danya Saperstein is a Breaking News Desk Editor and Writer at The Jerusalem Post. She moved from New Jersey to Israel in 2021 and studied Linguistics and Literature at Bar-Ilan University. In her spare time, she can be found gaming, reading, or planning another DnD campaign.

A Northern Spotted Owl sits on a tree stump in Stanley Park on August 4, 2009 in Vancouver, Canada.

To save one endangered owl species, scientists back waging war on another

Flight operations aboard the USS George H.W. Bush, at an unknown location, released July 14, 2026, in this still image taken from a handout video.

US continues striking Iranian military targets, air defenses as conflict continues escalating

Still from a video of a French Navy sniper shooting the engine of a cocaine smuggling boat, October 18, 2025

European agency advocates using military force to stop maritime 'cocaine highway' - report


US military delayed intelligence review tied to Iran's Minab school strike, CNN reports

An independent investigation was launched in March, with interviews conducted with service members involved in the strike, but the results have yet to be released.

The Minab school damaged by a strike on February 28, in Minab, Iran, May 21, 2026.

Trump overturns suspension of ICE traffic stops instituted after two deadly shootings

“We cannot give up one of ICE’s most important and effective crime-fighting tools, the traffic stop,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. 

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officers are seen outside of a federal immigration office after a man was fatally shot by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, on July 14, 2026 in Scarborough, Maine.

US rewards UAE's military aid in Iran war with expanded access to AI chips - report

In recognition of the UAE's support for US national security interests, the US has granted UAE AI companies free access to buy chips from companies such as Nvidia.

An AI-generated image of an Nvidia chip.

US opts to keep refuelers at Ben-Gurion Airport, putting 50,000 flight tickets at risk

Israeli air traffic control had reportedly been instructed by the Transport Ministry not to approve any further US refuelers for landing in Israel.

US Air Force Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker takes off at Ben-Gurion Airport, March 5, 2026.

Five arrested after 100 Hasidim enter Palestinian village of Kifl Haris to visit graves

The Hasidim, followers of convicted sex offender Eliezer Berland, claim that Palestinian residents threw stones at them, injuring two.

Israel Police car

Pineapples stuffed with thousands of smuggled cigarettes intercepted by IDF at Gaza crossing

The cigarette-filled pineapples were transported in a truck carrying a shipment purchased by an Israeli company, intended to reach the Kerem Shalom Crossing as part of humanitarian aid.

Pineapple filled with cigarettes intended to be smuggled across the border into Gaza.

Protesters burn treatment centers, attack healthcare workers to retrieve bodies of Ebola victims

The Ebola outbreak has sparked a wave of misinformation that health officials linked to violent assaults on healthcare workers and attacks on healthcare centers. 

 A general view of a burnt emergency medical tent set up by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) at the General Referral Hospital of Mongbwalu in Mongbwalu, on May 23, 2026.

Mohammad Jamalian: The athlete whose body was never returned - interview

Mohammad Jamalian, a 23-year-old award-winning athlete, was tortured and killed based on false testimony and was kept from his family, even in death.

Mohammad Jamalian

Ali Mohammadi: The dreamer who sacrificed everything for the freedom of Iran

Mohammadi joined the protests as "his greatest dream was the freedom of Iran; that the people of his country could live the way they deserved," his sister told the Post.

Ali Mohammadi

Iran fires missiles at two commercial ships in Strait of Hormuz, causing major damage

Qatar said on Tuesday the targeting of the Qatari tanker Al Rekayyat near the Strait of Hormuz was an unacceptable attack on the security of international navigation and global energy supplies.

Vessels at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, June 16, 2026.