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.


 A profile of former Hamas military leader Mohammed Sinwar who was killed in an IDF strike in Gaza.

IDF confirms Mohammed Sinwar's body recovered from Khan Yunis, source tells 'Post'

Spokesperson for the Civil Defense in the Gaza Strip, Mahmoud Saber Tafesh Bassal, who is also a Hamas terrorist.

Gaza spokesperson on casualties to the world is a Hamas agent, IDF reveals

 IDF soldiers Yoav Raver, Chen Gross, Uri Yehonatan Cohen, and Tom Rotstein fell in the Gaza Strip, June 2025.

IDF announces four soldiers killed, one seriously wounded in Khan Yunis explosion


Ex-top Shin Bet official to 'Post': Palestinian groups fighting Hamas in Israel’s interest

"What are ‘criminal groups’ when it comes to Hamas-run Gaza?" the official said.

 Palestinians sit to next to belongings as people flee Rafah after Israeli forces launched a ground and air operation in the eastern part of the southern Gaza city, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in the southern Gaza Strip May 9, 2024.

'Incredible pride': 'Post' talks to IDF laser operator on cutting-edge defense of Israel

The breakthrough of the last week is only the beginning of the changes that operational military lasers will accomplish for the IDF.

 ‘THERE IS no feeling like saving lives.’ IDF St.-Sgt.-Maj. A. told the ‘Post’ in a recent exclusive interview that his time on the laser team protecting the country with this game-changing system has been ‘incredible.’ Here, IDF soldiers stand alongside the laser defense system.

Leadership changes, potential new charges: What's next for the ICC and Israel? - analysis

For the time being, the ICC Prosecution and Israel have their hands full with fighting another round over whether the ICC has jurisdiction over Israelis.

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

IDF retrieves bodies of hostages Judith Weinstein Haggai, husband Gadi Haggai from Khan Yunis

Nir Oz couple taken hostage on Oct. 7, bodies returned in Khan Yunis operations • Families: Hearts not whole until all hostages come home

Judith Weinstein Haggai, Gadi Haggai. (illustration)

Wild word games between Iran, US about what is nuke 'enrichment' - analysis

Of course, allowing and blocking uranium enrichment are polar opposites, so the two by definition cannot coexist – or can't they?

 (Illustrative) Iranian FM Abbas Araghchi and US President Donald Trump.

Iron Beam laser’s speed could mute sirens, end most runs to bomb shelters

According to Rafael, a major advantage of its lasers is that they can shoot down enemy rockets and drones much earlier in the threat process.

  Iron Beam, Iron Beam M, and Lite Beam.

European countries buying new highs of defense products despite voicing criticism of Israel

Over half the deals broke $100 million, and over half were with EU countries, some of which have been Israel's loudest critics.

From right to left: Director General of the Ministry of Defense, Major General (Ret.) Amir Baram, Minister of Defense Israel Katz, and the head of SIBAT, Brigadier General.

Israel Katz says Syrian president Sharaa 'directly responsible' for threats to Israel

The IDF confirmed that initial rocket fire from Syria fell in an open area, causing no harm or damage.

 Direction and distance sign for the Syrian capital of Damascus at Mount Bental Israeli military outpost on the Syrian border

How will Netanyahu's dramatic cross-examination affect his criminal trials? - analysis

The prosecution is proceeding very conservatively to score any points it can on Netanyahu, concerned that otherwise he could outfox them on the witness stand.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at court in Tel Aviv, May 6, 2025.

IDF fires at suspects who approached Israeli forces at Gaza aid distribution site

The military said it is aware of reports regarding casualties, and the details of the incident are being looked into. 

 PALESTINIANS SEEKING aid gather near a distribution site run by the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in Rafah on Tuesday. The Hamas government made its priority readying for war and not the feeding of the people who voted them into power, the writer asserts.