SHIR PERETS

Shir Perets is a Breaking News Desk Manager at The Jerusalem Post. She grew up in central Israel and is a graduate of Bar-Ilan University, where she studied English literature and communications. When she isn’t writing, Shir can be found painting, building Legos, feeding stray cats, or singing along to Taylor Swift.

Blue barrels of oil.

US-Iran flare-up, cold stint push oil prices to multi-month peak

IDF troops operate in the Hebron, in the West Bank to destroy the home of Imran al-Atrash, one of the terrorists responsible for the November 18, 2025, ramming and stabbing attack that resulted in the death of 70-year-old Kiryat Arba resident Aharon Cohen. January 15, 2026.

PA security forces open fire on Israeli who accidentally entered Area A

US President Donald Trump walks during the 56th annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 22, 2026

US to obtain sovereignty over its military bases in Greenland, Trump says


Trump invites Italy to join Gaza ISF as founding member, would not require boots on ground - report

The move comes as the Trump administration seeks to bolster the credibility of its Gaza initiative after delays and difficulties in securing troop contributions, Bloomberg said.

 Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is seen on the set of the "Porta A Porta" TV Show - 30th Anniversary TV show at Rai Studios on January 21, 2026 in Rome, Italy.

'I don’t care about optics': Inside United Hatzalah’s Jerusalem daycare disaster response

United Hatzalah responders treated children, managed a possible toxic threat, and supported parents during a crisis at a Jerusalem daycare.

Israel Police take a woman in for questioning.

Investment, amnesty, withdrawal: US outlines Gaza demilitarization plan led by NCAG - explainer

A US-backed blueprint for Gaza’s future lays out a tightly sequenced plan to dismantle armed groups, link reconstruction to verified disarmament, and enable a phased IDF withdrawal

DR. ALI Shaath, leader of the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza, signs the NCAG Mission Statement.

US targets Hamas-linked charities, saying covert use of civilian groups endangers Palestinians

The measures are intended to disrupt covert channels and strengthen oversight of charitable networks, according to OFAC.

Hamas terrorists in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip December 3, 2025.

Gadi Eisenkot: Netanyahu ceded Gaza security, IDF must return to fighting

“Two years and a quarter after the start of the war, the military achievements were not translated into a diplomatic outcome,” Eisenkot said.

 MK Gadi Eisenkot attends a Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting on the ultra-Orthodox draft law at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on June 24, 2024.

Sweden’s Jewish leaders gift Muslim community al-Aqsa Quran in act of solidarity

"This hate comes from the far right, which threatens us as well as them.... we need to stand for each other,” Rabbi Moshe David HaCohen told The Jerusalem Post.

Jewish and Muslim delegations meet at Great Mosque in Stockholm.

'What are you doing in Greenland?' Trump shares messages with Macron, Rutte ahead of Davos

"As I expressed to everyone, very plainly, Greenland is imperative for National and World Security. There can be no going back - On that, everyone agrees!" Trump wrote.

US President Donald Trump seen in the Oval Office in the White House in Washington, DC, US, January 14, 2026

Police arrest 16-year-old from Bnei Brak suspected of setting fire to Pride flag in Tel Aviv

The teen was arrested on Sunday morning, and police found a burnt Pride flag and a lighter during a search of his belongings.

Burned flag found in home of 16-year-old from Bnei Brak.

Israel begins dismantling process of banned UNRWA's Jerusalem headquarters

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres called on Israel to halt its demolition of the UNRWA compound and restore it and other UNRWA premises to the world body "without delay."

A drone view of the remains of the Jerusalem headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), east Jerusalem, January 20, 2026

Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest infants' autopsies in Jerusalem daycare disaster

Police arrested the daycare owner and the caregiver in charge following initial questioning, and both will be brought before a judge on Tuesday as the investigation continues. 

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men block a road and clash with police during a protest against the autopsy of toddlers who died earlier in a daycare, in Jerusalem, January 19, 2026.