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Yaakov Lappin

Yaakov Lappin

Yaakov Lappin is an Israel-based military affairs correspondent and analyst. He is the in-house analyst at the Miryam Institute; a research associate at the Alma Research and Education Center; and a research associate at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies at Bar-Ilan University. He is a frequent guest commentator on international television news networks, including Sky News and i24 News. Lappin is the author of Virtual Caliphate: Exposing the Islamist State on the Internet. Follow him at: www.patreon.com/yaakovlappin.

An Israeli soldier examines anti-tank ordnance seized from Hezbollah's Radwan Force in Southern Lebanon, Dec. 28, 2024. Credit: IDF.
Analysis
Hezbollah’s Radwan Force and the risk of northern infiltration
Despite significant degradation, Israeli observers warn that Hezbollah retains the capability for localized cross-border raids.
Mar. 19, 2026
Yaakov Lappin
Ali Larijani
Analysis
Ali Larijani, Iran’s ‘de facto ruler,’ eliminated in IAF strike
Mar. 18, 2026
Yaakov Lappin
Israel Defense Forces troops from the 91st Division conduct ground operations against key Hezbollah strongholds in Southern Lebanon, March 15, 2026. Credit: IDF.
Analysis
‘Only IDF presence in Lebanon can defend northern Israel’
Mar. 17, 2026
Yaakov Lappin
An Israel Defense Forces soldier in the South Hebron Hills, April 2, 2015. Photo by Nati Shohat/Flash90.
Analysis
Deadly terrorist shootings throw spotlight on Hebron and the Negev
Problematic elements in Israel’s Bedouin community are the products of religious radicalization, while Hebron is historically more religious and militant but controlled tightly by local clans, experts say.
Oct. 8, 2024
Yaakov Lappin
Israeli soldiers at a staging area near the Israeli border with Lebanon, Oct. 2, 2024. Photo by Michael Giladi/Flash90.
Analysis
IDF’s ground op in Lebanon aims to prevent Oct. 7-style atrocity
The targeted maneuvers follow months of special forces ops that uncovered staggering quantities of weapons meant for an invasion of the Galilee.
Oct. 6, 2024
Yaakov Lappin
Israeli authorities locate 30 missing people in Kibbutz Ein Hashlosha near the central Gaza Strip, Oct. 9, 2023. Credit: IDF.
Features
Tragedy and resilience: The communities of Israel’s western Negev
“We will grow and get strong, and get back to here,” vowed the community manager of Kibbutz Ein Hashlosha.
Oct. 2, 2024
Yaakov Lappin
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (right) welcomes Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah at his office in Tehran on July 4, 2000. Photo by Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images.
Analysis
Iran’s strategic dilemma after Israeli strikes on Hezbollah
Following the unprecedented blows to its Lebanese proxy, will Tehran prioritize self-preservation and avoid direct military involvement?
Sep. 30, 2024
Yaakov Lappin
Hezbollah fighters march in a ceremony. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
Analysis
IDF strikes wreck Hezbollah command structure and firepower
With Hezbollah’s top commanders eliminated, and tens of thousands of rockets destroyed, the IDF has significantly reduced the terror army’s attack capabilities.
Sep. 28, 2024
Yaakov Lappin
Damage following a targeted strike by the Israeli Air Force in Beirut that killed Radwan Force chief Ibrahim Aqil and 15 other senior Hezbollah terrorists on Sept. 20, 2024. Photo by AFP via Getty Images.
Analysis
Radwan Force’s plans for Oct. 7-style massacre mostly thwarted
The elite Hezbollah unit’s blueprint for assault on the Galilee was the model for the Hamas mass murder attack on the northwestern Negev.
Sep. 25, 2024
Yaakov Lappin
Israeli strikes in the Jabal Al-Rehan area in the southern Lebanese Jezzine district on Sept. 21, 2024. Photo by Rabih DAHER/AFP via Getty Images.
Israel News
IAF targets Hezbollah’s fire systems in unprecedented way
Hundreds of launchers comprising thousands of launcher barrels have been destroyed in successive waves of Israeli strikes on Hezbollah’s rocket infrastructure.
Sep. 24, 2024
Yaakov Lappin
Houthi supports hold up posters of Syrian President Bashar Assad during a demonstration in Sanaa on Aug. 30, 2013. Photo by Mohammed Huwais/AFP via Getty Images.
Analysis
Iranian-backed Shi’ite forces in Syria could play weighty role in war
IDF Spokesperson: Tehran funding terror in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Gaza, Yemen and Judea and Samaria.
Sep. 23, 2024
Yaakov Lappin
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