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.

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

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

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

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

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

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


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.

IDF: 2,000 bombs dropped on Iran already, equal to 50% of total from June 2025's 12 Day War

Israel was disappointed that after it brought Tehran down from as many as 3,000 missiles in June to around 1,300, in only eight months, Iran was able to rebuild and return to the 2,500 missile level.

Israeli Air Force fighter pilots prepare to strike Iran, February 28, 2026

IDF hits dozens of Iran regime headquarters used to oppress protesters

Two major headquarters which were struck were the Interior Ministry headquarters and the Tharallah headquarters in Tehran.

A view shows the aftermath of an Israel and the US strike on a building in Tehran, Iran, February 28, 2026

US, Israel's final decision to go to war with Iran came later than reported - exclusive

The Post understands that much of the current conventional narrative is revisionist history to try to simplify what was an extraordinarily period of uncertainty and a complex series of ups and downs.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with US President Donald Trump at the White House on February 11, 2026.

WATCH: IDF bombs Iranian fighter jets moments before they could take off

Two fighter jets, one an F4 and one an F5, were already out on the runway and preparing to take off when the IDF struck.

Israeli Air Force fighter pilots prepare to strike Iran, February 28, 2026

Controlling the skies: IDF, US close to air supremacy over Iran after dropping 1,200 bombs

Israel strikes Iran's Tharallah headquarters used to suppress, murder protesters • IDF targets Islamic regime bases, ballistic missile apparatus

Smoke rises following an explosion, after Israel and the US launched strikes on Iran, in Tehran, Iran, March 1, 2026

IDF Home Front: We've been more ready for Iran's ballistic missiles after probing June war

'Iran is here, home front is central.'

Israel Police and IDF Home Front Command personnel at the scene where a roof collapsed in Beit Shemesh, November 16, 2025