Anna Ahronheim

Anna Ahronheim is the editor for Defense & Tech by The Jerusalem Post. With a keen interest in the Middle East, terrorism, and terrorist groups, she moved from Canada to Israel and received her MA in Counter-Terrorism and Homeland Security at the Interdisciplinary Center of Herzilya, Israel. She started her career at i24News before moving to The Jerusalem Post where she was the military reporter.

A truck with mounted anti-aircraft cannon, of the of 127th Separate Brigade of the Territorial Defence Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, fires towards Russian drones and missiles during an overnight shift, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine July 2, 2025

Israel, Ukraine set to deepen defense cooperation, Kyiv's FM says

Propelled by wartime urgency, both nations have built a formidable defense-tech ecosystem with cutting-edge innovation reaching warfighters on the battlefield in record time.

JULY 24, 2025

Resilience in conflict zones: How Israel's defense tech is saving lives

Israel’s defense tech is powering societal resilience in the face of prolonged conflict.

JULY 23, 2025

Ukraine is inviting startups, companies, and governments from across the world to use the Ukrainian war to test their platforms.

'Test in Ukraine': Kyiv invites companies to test defense platforms in Russia war battlefield

While Israeli companies are banned from selling weapons and technology to Ukraine, several companies have found roundabout ways to get their platforms into the conflict.

JULY 21, 2025

Israel’s strategic edge in the age of AI & autonomous warfare

Israel’s pioneering integration of artificial intelligence has rewritten the rules of modern warfare & the IDF recognized how it could redefine military operations and smart combat years ago

JULY 20, 2025

An illustration of a soldier operating an military attack drone

Exodigo’s underground mapping technology draws attention with $96m. series B funding boost

The IDF has been working for years and even had a brigade-size unit, whose task is to develop new technologies and tactics for underground warfare.

JULY 17, 2025

Illustration of Exodigo's mapping technology, showing underground infrastructure below a city.

Israeli drone company XTEND secures extension to $70 million Series B funding

The additional funding has brought XTEND, which shifted its focus to the defense sector following the October 7 massacre, to a total of $100 million.

JULY 16, 2025

Tactical, autonomous robotics systems developer XTEND secured extension to $70 million Series B funding

These women are the first IDF tank crew preventing drug smuggling along Egyptian border

Meet the 10 women making history operation Israel's first female tank crew along the Egyptian border, preventing drug smuggling.

JUNE 25, 2024

Who are the women of the Israel Air Force?

While many in Israel's new government oppose women serving in the IDF, women in the IAF are busy protecting the country.

DECEMBER 31, 2022

WHILE SOME 600 female cadets pass the preliminary tests of the pilot’s course, about two-thirds drop out in the first year of the intensive three-year course, and only 30 to 40 of those who remain successfully complete the course.

One of Israel's first Air Force pilots, Danny Shapira, passes away at 97

The fifth-generation Sabra born in Jerusalem in 1925 will be laid to rest in Ramat Hasharon on Sunday.

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Celebratory Israeli Air Force flyover, July 1967 (Photo: Dan Hadani / Colorization: MyHeritage). The Dan Hadani Collection, The Pritzker Family National Photography Collection at the National Library of Israel

IDF signs demolition and confiscation order for Shuafat attacker

Lazar, 18 years old from Bat Hefer, was killed after Tamimi opened fire on her and a group of security guards at point-blank range after casually exiting a car at the crossing.

DECEMBER 8, 2022