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In the War Room
The Inside Story of Israel's Fight Against Hamas and the Iranian Axis
By Yonah Jeremy Bob and Elliot Kaufman
Published by Wicked Son
Distributed by Simon & Schuster
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About The Book
The inside story of the leaders, debates, and decisions that shaped Israel’s longest war.
In the War Room is the inside story of the leaders, debates, and decisions that shaped Israel’s longest war—a multifront battle that eventually led Israeli and then US jets to the heart of Iran. This book also explains the current debates in Israeli society and the clashes or cooperation with US presidents that may shape the future of US–Israel relations, beyond the current government, for those who want to understand what will come next.
Led not merely by a team of rivals but by a war room of bitter enemies, Israel fought back from the October 7 massacre all the way to Tehran. To do so, the Jewish state had to defy the world and the expert predictions that claimed Israel’s strategy would lead it to calamity. Israel did fail at times, especially in Gaza, and it lost significant public support among Americans. But Israel succeeded enough to set back the Iranian proxy axis substantially.
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 in late 2024 and 2025, leading to their greatest confrontation yet in 2026.
In the War Room is the inside story of the leaders, debates, and decisions that shaped Israel’s longest war—a multifront battle that eventually led Israeli and then US jets to the heart of Iran. This book also explains the current debates in Israeli society and the clashes or cooperation with US presidents that may shape the future of US–Israel relations, beyond the current government, for those who want to understand what will come next.
Led not merely by a team of rivals but by a war room of bitter enemies, Israel fought back from the October 7 massacre all the way to Tehran. To do so, the Jewish state had to defy the world and the expert predictions that claimed Israel’s strategy would lead it to calamity. Israel did fail at times, especially in Gaza, and it lost significant public support among Americans. But Israel succeeded enough to set back the Iranian proxy axis substantially.
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 in late 2024 and 2025, leading to their greatest confrontation yet in 2026.
Product Details
- Publisher: Wicked Son (September 8, 2026)
- Length: 352 pages
- ISBN13: 9798895654811
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Raves and Reviews
“The detailed portrayals of deliberations within Israel’s inner sanctum are deeply illuminating…A pathbreaking work by two of the world’s finest journalists.”
– Gen. David Petraeus, US Army (Ret.), former commander of the Surge in Iraq, CIA director, and co-author of Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Gaza
“The book does a strong job revealing the complex relations between the political and military echelons, the dilemmas, the dangers, and opportunities—and above all—the complex conditions in which the often opaque decision-making process takes place.”
– Gen. Aviv Kohavi, (Ret.), former chief of general staff of the Israel Defense Forces
“In the War Room is the book to read to understand the beginning of a new era in the histories of Israel and the Middle East.”
– Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster, US Army (Ret.), former US national security advisor and bestselling author of At War with Ourselves, Battleground
“...the closest look yet at a war whose repercussions continue to shake the world.”
– Prof. Walter Russell Mead, Global View columnist for The Wall Street Journal and author of The Arc of a Covenant: The United Stat
“With gripping detail, this is the story of how Israel’s leaders fought back from the catastrophe of October 7 to decimate Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran—and change the face of the Middle East.”
– Elliott Abrams, former US special envoy for Iran, national security council senior director, deputy national security adviser, and author of Tested by Zion
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