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.


An illustration depicting the Mossad emblem (L) and the Iranian flag (R).

Mossad was part of Iran’s mosaic pre-ayatollahs, what might it be there after them? - analysis

St.-Sgt.-Maj. Ran Gvili

IDF recovers remains of final hostage Ran Gvili after covert operations in northern Gaza

Hacker attack

Israel moves forward with potential game-changing cyber law


IDF searching for slain hostage Ran Gvili's body in Gaza before Rafah crossing opens

The IDF is rushing to find the last Israeli hostage in Gaza as the clock ticks down for opening the Rafah Crossing.

St.-Sgt.-Maj. Ran Gvili

IDF chief promotes Hashmonaim Brigade commander to chief adviser on ultra-Orthodox issues

Part of the new position will involve some of the same responsibilities Emunah has had in founding the brigade, specifically tailored to haredim, but his portfolio will likely be widened.

Ultra orthodox jewish soldiers from the Hasmonean Brigade take part in a beret march after completing seven months of basic and advanced training, at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old city on August 6, 2025.

Israel backs Gaza militias fighting Hamas post-ceasefire over Yellow Line - report

Prior to the ceasefire, it was confirmed that Israel, generally through the Shin Bet, but sometimes also in conjunction with the IDF, would provide various kinds of support to Gazan militias.

Palestinian terrorist group Hamas fighters secure an area before handing over two Israeli hostages to a Red Cross team in Khan Yunis on February 1, 2025, as part of fourth hostage-prisoner exchange.

CENTCOM, IDF chiefs meet in shadow of possible Iran conflict, await Trump's final decision

The IDF announced on Sunday that the two had met on Saturday, showing "the personal connection between the commanders, and the tight strategic connection between the IDF and the US military."

CENTCOM's Adm. Brad Cooper meets with IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir on January 24, 2026.

Yuval Village's Grand Vista Hotel returns to reclaim its glorious past

The reopening of this Upper Galilee establishment signals the Israeli North's return to post-war life and tourism.

The Grand Vista Hotel

Israel bets on quantum technology as the computing arms race heats up

Exactly where Israel will come out in the quantum race is still up in the air, but the Jewish state is right in the battle.

An artificial diamond for quantum sensory technology  is displayed in June 2025 at the  quantum technology fair World of Quantum.

Will Donald Trump's Hamas disarmament endgame make Israel safer? - analysis

The great game has begun for Israel, Hamas, the US, Qatar, Turkey, and others to try to reframe the future of Gaza conflict and the Middle East.

US President Donald Trump speaks during a reception with business leaders, at the 56th annual World Economic Forum (WEF), in Davos, Switzerland, January 21, 2026.

Some 25 Israelis indicted for spying for Iran in 2025, Shin Bet reveals

In a separate arena, the Shin Bet reported that 130 Israeli-Arabs were indicted for terror-related offenses, while 219 were arrested.

 The silhouette of a man, seen over the flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran (illustrative)

Israel Katz publishes IDF chief's letter warning of manpower shortage amid haredi draft debate

Zamir sent the letter after attacks on the government for failing to push for haredim to draft into the IDF in large numbers.

 Defense Minister Israel Katz and IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir. March 25, 2025.

Israel can maintain military edge by expanding into space, sources tell 'Post'

With only seven countries deeply involved in developing space capabilities, Israel now has a larger qualitative advantage in that arena than in others where it once had an advantage.

 Israel Aerospace Industries launches communications satellite "Dror 1" into space, July 13, 2025.