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.

Screengrab of an IDF graphic showing the covert ‘Minzadehei’ Iranian nuclear compound struck by the IDF on March 3, 2026.

IDF destroys secret nuclear site, over 300 ballistic missile launchers across Iran

IDF Chief-of-Staff Eyal Zamir visits Battalion 947 during a war with Iran, March 3, 2026

IDF chief: Israel will remove 'entire Shi'ite axis threat of Iran, Hezbollah'

The scene where a ballistic missile fired from Iran hit Tel Aviv overnight, causing heavy damage, March 1, 2026.

US strikes 1,700 Iranian targets in 72 hours, pace nearly doubles


Israel, US shift strikes to broader targets across Iran as war expands

While Israel had managed to drop 2,500 bombs on the Islamic Republic's forces already by Monday night, a pace which, within a couple of days, could exceed all the bombs dropped on in June 2025.

Smoke rises following an explosion, after Israel's Defence Minister Israel Katz said Israel had launched a pre-emptive attack against Iran, in Tehran, Iran February 28, 2026 in this screen grab taken from video.

IDF expands southern Lebanon position, but no big invasion until Iran situation is calmer

This comes after IDF Chief Spokesman Effie Defrin and Defense Minister Israel Katz both alluded to a possible Lebanon ground operation on Monday.

Israeli soldiers near the northern Israeli border with Lebanon, February 28, 2026

Damage to Iran's nuclear facilities unclear from IAEA, Iran, Israel, US statements

The US may have struck Isfahan, where IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi said Iran's 60% enriched uranium may be stored.

A satellite imagery taken on February 1, 2026, shows a new roof over a previously destroyed building at Isfahan nuclear site, Iran.

It's about ballistic missiles stupid, not nukes - and regime change is a plus - analysis

Israel must truly bludgeon the full spectrum and supply line of all elements that can be used to make ballistic missiles, with that issue the only true measuring stick for success in the conflict.

Iranian missiles are displayed in a park in Tehran, Iran, January 31, 2026

Over 2,500 bombs dropped, 150 ballistic missiles destroyed: IDF's operations in Iran, so far

Among the 600 targets struck has included destroying 150 ballistic missiles, dozens of missile launchers, 200 air defense targets, and 20 Iranian leadership targets.

(Illustrative) IAF fighter jets taking off for a strike in Yemen.

IDF: Ben-Gurion Airport, Israeli airspace may reopen Monday evening

The Israeli military emphasized that the situation is dynamic and could evolve depending on threats from Iran and Hezbollah, as well as whether Yemen's Houthis get involved.

An Israeli Air Force fighter jet flies over central Israel, February 28, 2026

No evidence US, Israel have struck any Iranian nuclear sites during ongoing op., IAEA chief says

To date, Israel has repeatedly refused to name any nuclear sites it might have struck, despite having named such sites during the June 2025 Operation.

 Satellite image shows a close up view of destroyed buildings at Isfahan Nuclear Technology Center, after it was hit by US airstrikes, in Isfahan, Iran, June 22, 2025.

IDF says Lebanon invasion possible, Israel Katz declares Hezbollah chief Qassem a target

IDF spokesperson Effie Defrin: Israeli military ordered evacuation of 50 southern Lebanese villages • Sources to 'Post': IDF not satisfied with initial retaliation

Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem gives a televised address during a rally in solidarity with Iran and Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, at Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon January 26, 2026

IDF assassinates Hezbollah intelligence chief in response to attack on Israel

This attack marked Hezbollah's first action against Israel's northern regions since 2024, officially joining the conflict alongside Iran.

Protesters raise Hezbollah and Iranian flags, after the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in Israeli and US strikes on Iran, during a rally in solidarity with the Iranian regime, in Beirut, Lebanon, March 1, 2026. 

War timing likely moved up to preempt anti-war vote in US Congress - analysis

There is no question that the primary thrust of Trump's decision to attack Iran was his belief of the need to remove it as a nuclear threat and as a general threat within the Middle East.

US President Donald Trump gestures on the day he delivers the State of the Union address in the House Chamber of the US Capitol in Washington, February 24, 2026.