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.

Directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor receive the Special Jury Award for "Naza" during the closing ceremony of the 83rd Venice International Film Festival, Italy, September 12, 2026.

Zamir instructs MAG to open investigation into NAZA film, IDF seeks Shin Bet support in probe

The IDF and ISA killed Hamas’s Rafah Brigade commander, Nayal Abu Obeid, in a strike in the southern Gaza Strip on September 15, 2026.

IDF kills senior Hamas Rafah Brigade commander Nael Abu Obeid in Gaza Strip strike

Israeli soldiers are seen along the Israeli border with Lebanon in northern Israel, June 8, 2026.

Hezbollah will mount significant attack after regrouping, studying Israeli activity, IDF warns


Israel provided Saudi Arabia with intel. assistance as Houthi attacks on Riyadh's assets continue

Regional diplomats told The Jerusalem Post that Saudi Arabia and Israel are engaged in CENTCOM-mediated talks to provide Riyadh with intelligence in order to counter Houthi terrorists.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman

Could Iran’s regime collapse? Inside the Israeli assessment of Tehran’s future - analysis

If Iran attacks, there will be no way back. Israel’s response, officials have indicated, would target critical national infrastructure that a collapsing regime would not be able to rebuild.

People walk past an anti-US billboard at Enghelab Square in central Tehran on September 2, 2026.

IDF accuses Lebanese army of taking only ‘cosmetic’ action against Hezbollah

Lebanese sources told Walla in recent days that despite Israeli criticism, the Lebanese army is operating against Hezbollah infrastructure and operatives in the area.

Lebanese army forces deploy in the aftermath of an overnight Israeli airstrike on the village of Kfar Roummane in southern Lebanon on September 7, 2026.

IDF warns of rising West Bank tensions despite low terror levels, pushes for preventive operations

Security officials say terror activity in the West Bank is at its lowest level since 2011, but warn of growing friction, weapons concerns and potential escalation ahead of the holidays.

Israeli security forces seen during a raid in the West Bank village of Salem, near Nablus, on August 2, 2026.

One suspect injured as IDF responds to stone throwing incident in northern Israel

An initial assessment of the incident indicated that the shepherd was in a grazing area and left after the suspects began throwing stones. 

(illustrative) Israeli Border Police forces from the Jerusalem Envelope unit uncover a tunnel that Palestinians allegedly attempted to dig beneath the separation barrier near the village of Al-Jib, West Bank, September 9, 2026.

Officials discuss Gaza reconstruction at MEAD conference, current plans 'not progressing'

Figures presented at the conference showed that 1.2 million Palestinians had been displaced from their homes and 370,000 homes had been damaged or destroyed, including 70,000 that were damaged.

The MEAD conference kicked off in Washington on September 8, 2026.

IDF raises alert level over concerns of a possible Hamas response to Gaza strikes

Southern Command officials are also not ruling out rocket fire toward Israel as an attempt by Hamas to demonstrate its strength.

IDF Northern Brigade troops dismantle terror tunnels near the Yellow Line in the northern Gaza Strip. Images released on September 2, 2026.

IDF clears Hezbollah tunnels on Ali al-Taher ridge in Lebanon after months-long operation

According to the military, the infrastructures were built over a period of about two decades and were planned and funded by Iran.

View of the Beaufort Castle and destroyed houses at a village in southern Lebanon, as it seen from the Israeli side of the border, May 31, 2026.

Haredi enlistment to combat units jumps 30% as over 250 men join IDF in recent draft cycle

Current assessments indicate that some of the tracks are expected to meet the recruitment targets set by the head of the IDF Personnel Directorate, Maj.-Gen. Dado Bar Kalifa.

Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) men at the Tel Hashomer IDF base, August 30, 2026.

An enemy from within: How Gazan militias became Hamas’s new nightmare - analysis

In recent months, Hamas’s security apparatuses have operated on several fronts in an attempt to confront the militias opposing the organization.

Palestinian Hamas terrorists stand guard on the day of the handover of hostages held in Gaza since the deadly October 7 2023 attack, as part of a ceasefire and a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, February 22, 2025.