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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.

“These strikes impair Hezbollah’s air and ground capabilities, as well as its chain of command,” the IDF said.
IDF spokesman: Too soon to know fate of Marwan Issa after underground compound struck overnight on Sunday; Gallant: Iran seeks to foment escalation during Ramadan.
Netanyahu states that most Israelis firmly support his policy of eliminating remaining Hamas battalions in Rafah.
The Shi’ite axis has been busy smuggling weapons to Judea and Samaria via the Hashemite Kingdom, but could it send terror squads via the same route?
The IDF has been stepping up raids and targeting inciters, the police have prioritized readiness.
Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi: “We failed to protect civilians at the start of the war—our most important mission.”
Defense minister says Israel to pursue Hamas “across the Middle East” • In Gaza, elite Israeli commandos and Shin Bet intelligence coordinators clear “Hamad towers” of terrorists • Some 250 enemy combatants surrender.
The airstrikes come after a rocket volley from Lebanon damages a building in the northern Israeli city of Kiryat Shmona; in Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces’ Counter-Terror Unit is operating in the heart of Khan Yunis.
“We have female hostages, I captured one,” Hamas terrorist who worked at UNRWA school teacher says in recorded call • IDF estimates that UNRWA employed more than 450 terrorists.
Established in January, the new unit is a reflection of the IAF’s defined responsibility to be prepared for a future order to mount strikes on sites in Iran.
The raid on the medical center, which saw some 200 terrorists surrender without firing a shot, is an indication of IDF operational quality and decreasing Hamas morale.
Absent a hostage deal, the army will likely dismantle four Rafah Hamas battalions by end of April, senior former official assesses.