Alon Ben-David

Alon Ben-David is the senior defense correspondent for Channel 10. He is an Israeli television and print journalist who has worked for a number of Israeli media outlets as an expert in defense and military issues.

 Benjamin Netanyahu and Hertzi Halevi

Netanyahu vs the IDF: The invasion of Rafah stirs conflict in Israel- analysis

Iran's sponsorship of Hezbollah includes $800 million in annual financial support, the supply of 130,000 rockets and missiles

Is Israel ignoring the biggest strategic threat it faces? - comment

LESLIE WEXNER – unfairly besmirched.

Israel’s public sector is under attack – opinion


In first round of Gaza face off, both sides test the limits

Both sides can be satisfied: Israel prevented a border breach, while Hamas showed off its power to rally the people of Gaza.

Palestinians take cover from Israeli snipers during clashes at the Gaza-Israel border at a protest in the southern Gaza Strip March 31, 2018

Attacking Hezbollah might have devastating consequences

According to reports from Syria, Israel Air Force attacks have become routine, and not even the Russians seem to have accepted the new status quo.

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah addresses his supporters during a rare public appearance in Beirut, November 3

According to foreign reports: Israel's covert missions undergo a change

Israel has learned the lessons of past missions and become more dangerous.

Hezbollah displays a pick-up truck mounted with a multiple rocket launcher in a parade in the southern Lebanese city of Nabatiyeh in 2014

Comment: America's foreign policy is turning Iran into a world power

The Obama administration is continuing its foolish path by agreeing to allow Shi'ite militias supported by Iran to take part in the battle for Mosul.

US President Barack Obama (R) and Defense Secretary Ash Carter meet at the Pentagon

Is Hamas in the midst of an internal struggle, or just wary of war with Israel?

While it is believed that Hamas continues to dig tunnels and prepare for the next round of fighting, its military wing has also worked diligently to thwart rocket fire into Israel.

Palestinian militants of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the Hamas' armed wing, take part in a rally in Gaza City

Analysis: Meet the new Palestinian and the new Israeli

Loss of faith in state institutions is not unique to Israelis and Palestinians.

Splitscreen: Palestinian with slingshot at demonstration and IDF soldier who shot dead a wounded terrorist in Hebron

Analysis: Israel's next war with Hezbollah will be swifter and decisive

Hezbollah has the capability to rain thousands of rockets and missiles on Israel in one day.

Recently, the entire 188th Brigade of the Armored Corps came together to participate in a week-long exercise in northern Israel

Analysis: With emergence of a new Iran, Israel needs new allies

Israel’s problem was and remains the asymmetry between us and Iran. We don’t have a border with Iran, but Iran has more than one border with us.

Saudi officials wait to receive leaders attending the Summit of South American-Arab Countries in Riyadh

Analysis: Palestinian terror may be bad, but ISIS in Sinai is a far more dangerous enemy

After daring to bring down a Russian passenger jet, the "Sinai branch" of ISIS has gained some self-confidence.

Islamic State-affiliated Sinai Province fighters in the Sinai Peninsula

Analysis: Wave of Palestinian violence shatters myth of 'united Jerusalem'

When the distance between a Jewish neighborhood and a Palestinian area is just a matter of a few meters, only a fence or a wall could provide security.

The mother of 51-year-old Israeli Alon Guverg, who was killed a day earlier when Palestinian attackers shot at a bus, mourns during his funeral procession in Jerusalem