After serving in Galei Tzahal and graduating from Tel Aviv University, he lived in New York and worked there as a US correspondent for Yedioth Ahronoth for several years.Eilon and Haimovich weathered the economic storms that have frequently rocked Channel 10, but Eilon – among other highly paid staff members – did not get his January salary on time and was subsequently informed that the channel's management would be instituting a 15-percent pay cut among employees in the higher wage bracket.[4] It is believed he quit because Channel 10 recently had to start broadcasting the main edition out of Jerusalem, whilst the rest of the producers, editors and reporters remained in the Tel Aviv studio.Starting October 2021, Eilon is one of the hosts of Middle East Now[6], a current-affairs program on i24NEWS, focusing on the day's headlines from the region.The program is hosted alternately by Eilon and Laura Cellier, Sunday to Thursday at 21:00 Israel time, 14:00 EST.
