Amir Bohbot

Walla! Defense & Military Analyst. In 2011, Bohbot began working as a military analyst and reporter for the Walla! Website. In 2012, he covered the Pillar of Defense operation in-depth, as well as the Brother's Keeper Operation, to find the three kidnapped teenagers accompanying the special unit Maglan forces. In Operation Protective Edge, he joined the then-commander of the Nahal Brigade, Brigadier General Uri Gordin, and exposed the military activity of Hamas under the guise of sensitive facilities and sites of international aid organizations in Gaza. Bohbot began his journalistic career in the veteran local newspaper "Sheva." Between 1996 and 2011, he worked for the Maariv newspaper, filling several field positions, including a reporter for criminal affairs, politics, municipal systems, law, and investigations for the Weekend magazine. In 2003, he began serving as a reporter and analyst for military and security affairs in Maariv. Bohbot covered in-depth the investigations of Operation Defensive Shield, Days of Penitence operation, on which he published an independent investigation in two parts and Operation Rainbow. He also covered the disengagement from the Gaza Strip process, Operation Summer Rains, the Second Lebanon War, and Operation Cast Lead, during which he joined the fighting forces under the command of then-Paratroopers Brigade commander Major General Herzi Halevi. Bohbot holds a bachelor's degree in communications from Sapir College, a master's degree in communications from Ben-Gurion University, and a master's degree in political science from Bar-Ilan University in a thesis track he completed with honors. He holds a doctorate in the Department of Political Science at Bar-Ilan University on the study of the Israeli targeted killing policy between the years 2000 and 2012 and the decision-making processes of the senior military and political echelon in Israel and the United States. In 2017, Bohbot's debut book was published in English: "Weapon Wizards," which he co-wrote with the former Jerusalem Post's editor-in-chief, lawyer Yaakov Katz. The book dealt with the question of how Israel became a global arms power. The book was translated into Hebrew, Czech, Polish, and Chinese after its success.

Israeli tank kicks up dust as it manoeuvres near a pick-up truck on the border with Gaza, as seen from the Israeli side, September 3, 2025.

Large-scale evacuation of Gazans from north Gaza, Gaza City to begin soon

IDF soldiers sit on top of tanks at the Gaza border, August 26, 2025

IDF ramps up massive logistics ops. ahead of Gaza City invasion

 An APC maneuvers on the Israeli side of the Israel-Gaza border, as seen from Israel, June 7, 2025.

APCs packed with explosives become key IDF weapon in Gaza war


PTSD forces more than 1,100 IDF soldiers out of service, military data reveals

The IDF is addressing, yet struggling to contain a wave of combat trauma, with over 1,100 soldiers discharged for PTSD as the army expands mental health support.

Israeli soldiers with PTSD, demanding better rights and conditions, block a road outside the Knesset, Israel’s parliament in Jerusalem, August 18, 2025.

Israel readies for Houthi retaliation after PM, ministers killed in IDF strikes in Yemen

The Houthis vowed revenge after Israel killed their prime minister in a Sanaa strike. Now, the IDF is reinforcing air defenses in anticipation of missile and drone retaliation.

A fire ball rises from the site of a previous Israeli air strike in Sanaa, Yemen August 24, 2025.

IDF strikes terror targets in Gaza City, Khan Yunis

The Houthi-owned Al-Masirah news source claimed around the same time that there were several killed and wounded at the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip as a result of the strikes.

An IDF soldier operates on the outskirts of Gaza City, in northern Gaza, August 27, 2025

Intelligence subterfuge: Israel's ruse against the Houthis before the IDF strike on Sanaa

According to IDF sources, Israel lulled the Houthi leaders into a false sense of security, making them think the Jewish state lacked credible intelligence on their location.

Smoke billows from the site of Israeli air strikes in Sanaa, Yemen, August 24, 2025 (illustrative).

Lt. Ori Gerlic killed in operational explosive accident in southern Gaza Strip

Gerlic served as a platoon commander in the Shimshon Battalion (92) of the Kfir Brigade. He died after an IDF explosive charge detonated unintentionally during an operation.

Lieutenant Ori Gerlic.

'System Shock': The secret IAF protocol that brought Iran's air defenses to its knees

Israel’s Operation Rising Lion included a daring air force strike over Tehran, part of a secret plan to destabilize Iran’s defenses and leadership system.

An IAF jet prepares to depart prior to the strikes on military targets in Iran. October 26, 2024.

Further Hamas ambushes to kidnap IDF soldiers expected, IDF officials say

Contrary to claims by officers that terrorists are not operating in an organized framework in areas captured by the IDF, Hamas operatives managed to attempt an organized operation in Khan Yunis.

A Palestinian Hamas terrorist displays guns on the day of the handover of hostages,  in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, February 22, 2025.

New IDF record: Over 5,000 women recruited for combat roles last year

Female combat soldiers currently serve in a variety of combat units, not just in support roles but at the core of operational defense.

 There is a high demand for combat roles among women in the November-December 2023 draft

Zamir's Gaza strategy: Nearly 100,000 IDF troops to move swiftly to conquer Gaza City

In the coming days, ground forces, accompanied by the Air Force, will begin moving toward new areas to increase pressure on Hamas.

Israeli military vehicles operate, near the Israel-Gaza border, in Israel, August 16, 2025.

Israel unveils new corridor, aid zone ahead of Gaza City invasion

Israel unveils new humanitarian corridors in Gaza as over 1,700 aid packages are airdropped without Israeli inspection, prompting scrutiny ahead of the planned Gaza city invasion.

An aerial view from a Jordanian military aircraft shows the Gaza Strip, before humanitarian aid is airdropped over it, in Gaza, August 17, 2025.