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 is the author of the award winning book Target Tehran, about the Mossad's secret war against Iran's nuclear program and its role in the Abraham Accords, published in hardcover by Simon & Schuster in September 2023, and translated and published in Hebrew by Yediot Books in April 2024, with an English paperback version due in September 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.

Yonah is the editor and translator of the intelligence and terrorism thriller A Raid on the Red Sea published by Potomac/Nebraska in March 2021. His first book on aspects of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was published by Gefen in August 2019.

Yonah has been interviewed by CNN, BBC, Skynews, Al Jazeera, Voice of America, Reuters, 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 DC, 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.


IDF Northern Command chief Maj.-Gen. Uri Gordin attends the official state memorial ceremony of the Battle of Tel Hai, in Kfar Giladi, Upper Galilee, March 11, 2025.

Behind the attack: How IDF’s northern chief Uri Gordin defeated Hezbollah - exclusive

 Head of Mossad David Barnea attends a ceremony held at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, as Israel marks the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day. April 23, 2025.

Clash between IDF, Mossad over war: Who gets blame for failures, credit for victories? - exclusive

 IDF chief Eyal Zamir, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Defense Minister Israel Katz seen during a military briefing, in Tel Aviv, Israel, June 30, 2025

IDF chief Zamir's dispute with Netanyahu fuels turmoil in military leadership


IDF reservists seeking trauma treatment up 1000%, unit cmdr. tells 'Post' - exclusive

The amount of reservists seeking treatment for trauma jumped from 270 per year to around 3,000, according to IDF Lt.-Col. Uzi Bechor.

 An IDF soldier walks near the Israel-Gaza border, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in southern Israel, December 31, 2023.

WATCH: David's Sling shoots down a range of threats, including ballistic missiles

Over time, David's Sling has evolved to shoot down any of the aerial threats which Israel faces, whether short, medium, or long range.

A David Sling interceptor launch is seen in an image released on August 4, 2025

Former Shin Bet, Mossad heads urge Trump to 'compel Netanyahu' to end Gaza war

Over 600 former senior security officials asked the US president to compel Netanyahu to end the war in Gaza.

US President Donald Trump points a finger as he delivers remarks in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, DC, US, July 31, 2025

Israeli defense may falter at world court as starvation claims dominate global discourse - analysis

After the April win for Israel at the ICC, it did not need to be this way.

 Benjamin Netanyahu in front of the ICC headquarters (illustrative).

'Post' speaks with IDF W. Bank cmdr. on catching Bat Yam bus terrorist - interview

'L' said "One of the hardest challenges was chasing him through Shechem. It's a terrorist hiding within a civilian population."

Battalion commander Lt. Col. "Y" searches for the terrorist responsible for the Bat Yam bus bombings.

IDF bombs largest Hezbollah precision missile factory in Lebanon to block terror org. rebuidling

Katz said, "Any attempt by the terror organization to rehabilitate, to reconstitute itself, or to threaten [Israel] will be answered with uncompromising power."

Explosion following IDF strike on largest Hezbollah precision missile facility in Lebanon.

Not just policy and PR: Nuts and bolts of how Israel lost Gaza food battle – interview

Coordinator of the Israeli Forum of Experts and Civil Society for Humanitarian Aid to Gaza, Lihi Levian Joffe, walks the Post through the breakdown of aid distribution in Gaza.

Palestinians climb onto trucks carrying aid supplies that entered Gaza through Israel, in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip July 29, 2025.

Netanyahu discussed partial Gaza annexation if hostage talks stall, source tells 'Post' - exclusive

IDF sources confirmed to the Post that senior IDF officials were kept out of the meetings and were not consulted regarding any option, or plan of annexation.

 IDF soldiers operating in the Gaza Strip, July 17, 2025.

Despite increase in evacuated Israelis returning North, heavy-hit towns remain empty - IDF

Part of the increase is from IDF having Hezbollah on the run since the November 2024 ceasefire, with no Hezbollah forces in southern Lebanon and no rockets fired at Israel since December.

 A huge 35 square meters Israeli national flag is raised on the eve of Yom Kippur to remember the fallen soldiers of the 1973 Kippur War in the Golan Heights, Tel Saki Memorial Site, Golan Heights, October 11, 2024.

Sharaa or al-Julani? IDF still suspicious of Syrian leader after Sweida massacre - analysis

IDF sources view the two names symbolically, likening them to a "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" duality, suggesting a true internal struggle within Syria's leader and his shifting alliances.

From Islamist rebel chief to statesman, embraced by major world leaders, Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa has undergone a stunning transformation in just six months since ousting longtime strongman Bashar al-Assad.