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 Israeli soldier walks next to the border fence between Israel and Jordan, in southern Israel near Eilat February 9, 2016.

New Jordan security fence could be done in early 2028

The scene where a ballistic missile fired from Iran hit and caused damage at the Soroka Medical Center in Be'er Sheva, June 19, 2025.

Gov't failed on hospital defense even after Iran missile hit Beersheba

 Iron Fist Active Protection System (APS) by BAE Systems Hägglunds for integration into CV90 Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFVs) operated by European NATO member states.

Elbit has break through on advanced defense for ground vehicles with sale to Sweden


US weighing intervention in Iran, indications received by ‘Post’ show

Israel also checking if removal of Maduro will make action against Iran regime possible.

FILE PHOTO: People walk past closed shops, following protests over a plunge in the currency's value, in the Tehran Grand Bazaar in Tehran, Iran, December 30, 2025.

Can Israel stay in the top tier of the quantum arms race alongside US, China?

Much like the space race of 60-70 years ago, the winners of this arms race will establish all new power and influence on the military, economic, and scientific fronts.

 Computational chip (Illustrative)

IDF to investigate soldier filmed firing into Gaza on New Year’s Eve

“The soldier documented in the video acted contrary to procedures, firing unprofessionally and not following orders,” the IDF stated in response to the 'Post’ 's request for comment.

 IDF soldiers operating in Beit Hanun, July 2025.

Gantz urges Israel to topple Iran’s regime, says historic opportunity may not return

"We cannot blink or hesitate - Israel is obligated to prepare for the possibility of attacking very soon," said the former defense minister.

Blue and White leader MK Benny Gantz attends a faction meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, November 17, 2025

IDF condemns incitement graffiti at Army Radio building in Jaffa

These incitement messages take place against the backdrop of a move by Defense Minister Israel Katz to try to close Army Radio by March 1.

Incitement graffiti messages sprayed on the Army Radio building in Jaffa.

Shin Bet Chief Zini electronic ankle cuffs idea for Jewish extremists approved after long delay

The 'Post' has learned that the Attorney-General's Office has already approved the tool, though it is not expected to be deployed in the near term.

Israeli security forces clash with Jewish settlers during the evacuation of Illegal structures in Tzur Misgavi, an outpost in Gush Etzion, in the West Bank, November 17, 2025

IDF: Staying in West Bank refugee camps will quell lone-wolf terror

To date, the IDF and the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) have succeeded in catching and stopping such efforts, but some of the rocket building efforts have progressed to later stages.

Israel security forces apprehend five terrorists planning an  imminent terror attack in the Barta'a area near Jenin, November 30, 2025.

A weakened regime, fragmented protests: Iran at a critical juncture - analysis

A weakened regime and deep economic anger have created an opening, but scattered protests now face a decisive moment

 Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting in Tehran, Iran January 3, 2026.

Why Israel has suppressed its legal narrative on the war for two years - exclusive

LEGAL AFFAIRS: While the record is problematic, it should be noted that Israel is far from having abandoned the playing field entirely.

‘WHY HAS Israel left the legal playing field primarily to its critics?’ the writer asks. Here, the International Court of Justice bench sits empty ahead of the case on Israel’s humanitarian obligations to Palestinians in Gaza, in the Hague, Netherlands in April.

Why was Doctors Without Borders banned after Israel greenlit most Gaza aid groups?

What is the real story with the IDF's Doctors Without Borders ban?

Displaced Palestinians carry food parcels and supplies from aid trucks near the Zikim border crossing between Israel and Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip, August 18, 2025.