Yonah Jeremy Bob

Yonah Jeremy Bob is The Jerusalem Post 's senior military correspondent and intelligence analyst and was previously literary editor for 4.5 years. He covers the Israeli military, the Mossad, the Shin Bet, defense technologies, Iran's weapons of mass destruction, cyberwarfare, and war crimes allegations. Yonah is also well-connected to all of the top Israeli ministries from his former posts in the IDF, the Foreign Ministry, and the Justice Ministry. Yonah's award winning book Target Tehran has sold over 40,000 copies worldwide. This true story of the Mossad's secret war against Iran's nuclear program and its role in the Abraham Accords was published in hardcover by Simon & Schuster in September 2023, and translated and published as a best seller in Hebrew by Yediot Books in April 2024. The Wall Street Journal listed the book in its Top 5 for Politics for 2023 and it won the Jewish Book Council/Natan Award for 2024. His newest book - In the War Room: The Inside Story of Israel's Fight Against Hamas and the Iranian Axis - is due to be published in hardcover in English on September 8 and will also be translated and published in Hebrew by Yediot Books. Yonah is the editor and translator of the intelligence and terrorism thriller A Raid on the Red Sea published in March 2021. His first book on aspects of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was published in August 2019. Yonah has been interviewed by CNN, Fox News, BBC, NBC, ABC, the London Times , Al Jazeera, and a range of other television and radio programs in English and has also been interviewed by a wide variety of print and radio Hebrew media. Yonah also delivers foreign affairs lectures and Zoom lectures throughout the US, Canada, Australia and Israel, including at the International Spy Museum in Washington, to World Affairs Councils, and to a wide variety of Jewish groups. Hailing from Baltimore in the US, Yonah graduated with honors from Columbia University and Boston University Law School. He is married with three children.

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Maj.-Gen. Avi Bluth 

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No. 22: David Zini and Eyal Zamir: Commanding Israel’s security through war and turmoil


No. 30: Roman Gofman: A new Mossad chief for a changing confrontation with Iran

With Iran as his focus, Gofman is poised to reshape the Mossad’s role in Israel’s security strategy.

Mossad Director Maj. Gen. Roman Gofman attends a ceremony marking the lighting of the first Hanukkah candle of the 7th Armored Brigade at the National Library in Jerusalem, on December 14, 2025.

No. 34: Tomer Bar, Omer Tishler, and Shlomi Binder: Reshaping Israel’s military after October 7

Bar succeeded in returning an aura of supremacy to the IAF • Tishler was appointed as the key liaison with the US • Shlomi Binder took over the reins of IDF intelligence in the midst of a whirlwind

(L-R) Shlomi Binder, Tomer Bar, Omer Tishler.

No. 35: Yoav Turgeman, Bezalel Machlis, and Inbal Kreiss: Powering Israel’s defense revolution

Machlis is the president and CEO of Elbit • Kreiss is one of the most prominent people in Israel’s defense and space industries • Turgeman spent over 40 years shaping Israel’s defense capabilities

(L-R): Yoav Turgeman, Bezalel (Butzi) Machlis, and Inbal Kreiss

No. 40: David Barnea: The Mossad chief who took Israel’s covert fight deep into enemy territory

Only time will ultimately tell what Barnea’s Mossad legacy and Iranian regime-change efforts will be.

Former Mossad director David Barnea attends an event at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, June 14, 2026

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 Satellite imagery from Iran’s Fordow nuclear facility June 22, 2025.

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The IDF confirmed that the Military Police and Israel Police are investigating the incident in coordination, and the findings will be submitted to the Military Advocate-General Corps for review.

An M-16 rifle confiscated by the IDF during operations in the West Bank, June, 2026.

Israeli man sentenced to 13 years for killing Aysha Rabi in Jewish terror attack

The court also ordered the defendant to pay Rabi’s family NIS 258,000, the maximum compensation available under the law, and imposed an additional suspended prison term.

Aysha Rabi, the victim of an alleged attack by Jewish youth in the West Bank

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As an ethical matter, Elbit officials said that humans will and must remain in the loop to sign off on targeting decisions and to reduce collateral harm to civilians.

An Elbit Systems illustration of robotic and autonomous systems in use in the field.

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 A woman's shadow is seen over the Mossad logo (illustrative)

WCK probe leak raises new questions over why IDF colonel was not prosecuted

IDF maintains Col. Nochi Mendel's error was insufficient for indictment since he believed he was targeting Hamas.

People sit in front of a World Central Kitchen in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, on January 26, 2025.