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Ben Wolfgang

bwolfgang@washingtontimes.com

Ben Wolfgang is a national security correspondent at The Washington Times, a senior member of its Threat Status team, and the host and producer of the award-winning Threat Status Podcast. Ben covers national security, foreign policy, military affairs, the defense industry and the rapidly evolving landscape of military technology.
A Pennsylvania native, he joined The Washington Times in 2011 after serving as a political reporter at The Republican-Herald in Pottsville, Pa. Over the course of his career, Ben has covered the White House, Congress, and four presidential campaigns.
His reporting has earned recognition from some of journalism's most respected organizations, including the Virginia Press Association and the Society of Professional Journalists' Washington, D.C. Chapter, among other honors.
Ben has interviewed heads of state, chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, senior military commanders, cabinet secretaries, senior government officials, and the CEOs of many of the nation's largest and most influential defense companies.
Ben is a frequent guest on broadcast media, with appearances on C-SPAN, the Sirius XM POTUS channel, and other outlets.
He can be reached at bwolfgang@washingtontimes.com.

Articles by Ben Wolfgang

Mourners gather in grief around the bodies of Danielle Waldmann and her partner Noam Shai during their funeral in the northern Israeli town of Kiryat Tivon Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. The couple was killed when Hamas militants went on a brutal rampage through southern Israel last Saturday, part of an unprecedented, multi-front attack on the country.(AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Hamas fighters had ISIS flags amid massacre, Israel says

Hamas fighters carried Islamic State flags with them during Saturday's attack on Israel, the Israeli Defense Forces said Thursday, posting on social media photos of the infamous black ISIS banner apparently found in one militant's belongings.

October 12, 2023
Israeli-Americans, Jews and supporters of Israel rally in support of Israel and against Saturday's attack on Monday, Oct. 9, 2023 in Beverly Hills, Calif. The taking of an estimated 100 to 150 Israeli and foreign national hostages by Hamas in its lightning attack Saturday has introduced a searing new complication into the struggle. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)

‘Nightmare’: American in Israel says 5 family members taken captive by Hamas

For Abbey Onn, the blaring of sirens last Saturday at first "didn't seem scary." But the Virginia native, who has lived in Israel with her family for the past eight years and has grown accustomed to the sound, soon discovered in the most gut-wrenching way possible that the nation was facing a major terrorist attack -- and her family was trapped in the crossfire.

October 10, 2023
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at the prime minister's office in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023.(Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP)

Netanyahu vows massive response in ‘war to ensure our existence’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that his military has "only started" its massive counterattack against the Hamas militants who rampaged through his country on Saturday, likening the Iran-backed Palestinian group to the Islamic State jihadi movement.

October 9, 2023
President of Iran Ebrahim Raisi speaks during a news conference, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023 in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow) ** FILE **

Iran denies it helped Hamas plan, execute terror assault on Israel

Iran denied Monday any direct involvement with the deadly Hamas terror assault on Israel over the weekend, pushing back on growing suspicion that the Gaza-based militant group must have had significant help to execute such a well-coordinated attack.

October 9, 2023
Israelis evacuate a site struck by a rocked fired from the Gaza Strip, in Ashkelon, southern Israel, Monday, Oct. 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Hamas clash could undercut Arab-Israeli diplomatic thaw

The immediate goals of Hamas' brutal assault on Israel over the weekend appear simple: Kill and kidnap as many Israelis as possible, and spark chaos and fear among the "Zionist" regime that the terror group sees as its mortal enemy.

October 8, 2023
Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike, in Gaza City, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023. The militant Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip carried out an unprecedented, multi-front attack on Israel at daybreak Saturday, firing thousands of rockets as dozens of Hamas fighters infiltrated the heavily fortified border in several locations, killing hundreds and taking captives. Palestinian health officials reported scores of deaths from Israeli airstrikes in Gaza. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Iran celebrates ‘sacred wrath’ of Hamas attack on Israel

A top Iranian military official on Sunday celebrated the "sacred wrath" waged by Hamas against Israel, saying that the massive surprise attack launched by the terrorist group over the weekend will ultimately result in the crumbling of the "Zionist regime."

October 8, 2023
President of Iran Ebrahim Raisi speaks during a news conference, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023 in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

Iranian president downplays growing Israeli-Arab ties

The effort to foster diplomatic ties between Israel and the Arab world will ultimately fail, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said in an interview that aired Sunday, calling the normalization push little more than a charade perpetrated by Washington.

September 24, 2023