In the War Room by Yonah Jeremy Bob and Elliot Kaufman
Forthcoming: September 8, 2026
In the War Room | The Inside Story of Israel’s Fight Against Hamas and the Iranian Axis by Yonah Jeremy Bob and Elliot Kaufman examines the political tensions, military strategy, and high-stakes decision-making behind Israel’s war following the October 7 attacks.
The inside story of the leaders, debates, and decisions that shaped Israel’s longest war.
Led not merely by a team of rivals, but by a war room of bitter enemies, Israel fought back from October 7 all the way to Tehran. To do so, the Jewish state had to defy the world, often including President Biden, and the expert predictions all along the way that Israel’s strategy would lead it to calamity. Israel did fail at times, especially in Gaza, but it succeeded enough to crush the Iranian proxy axis.
Drawing from their unique access to top Israeli and US officials, including secret intelligence sources, Bob and Kaufman reveal how Israel came back from its lowest moment to outmaneuver Iran when it mattered most.
Yonah Jeremy Bob is the senior military and intelligence analyst and book review editor for The Jerusalem Post. Originally from Baltimore, Maryland, he has close connections with many Israeli intelligence figures and previously worked in the Israeli military’s international law division, at the Israeli Embassy to the United Nations, and in the Israeli Justice Ministry. He is the author of Justice in the West Bank? and the editor and translator of A Raid on the Red Sea, an intelligence thriller by former IDF deputy chief of intelligence Amos Gilboa.
Bob is also the author of Target Tehran, which tells the story of the Mossad’s secret war against Iran’s nuclear program and its role in the Abraham Accords. The Wall Street Journal named the book one of its “Top 5 for Politics,” and it received the Jewish Book Council’s Natan Award. Through his reporting, Bob has interviewed a wide range of current and former Israeli, U.S., defense, and intelligence officials. He graduated from Boston University Law School and Columbia University.
Elliot Kaufman is a Wall Street Journal editorial writer and editorial board member focusing on Israel and Iran. He has covered the Middle East war for the WSJ from October 7 onward, speaking regularly with top Israeli and US officials. He has also published major interviews with Israel’s prime minister, defense minister, foreign minister and leading historian. Elliot lives in New York with his wife and son and has worked for the WSJ since 2018. He graduated from Stanford University.
- ISBN-13: 979-8895654804
- 352 pages
- Forthcoming: September 8, 2026
Published by: Wicked Son
