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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.

The 98th Division, with its special forces, is taking the lead in the remaining enemy strongholds such as Khan Yunis.
Hezbollah’s Jan. 6 Kornet missile strike on the Meron air control base showcased the terror group’s precision-strike capabilities.
Harel Manshari, one of the co-founders of the Shin Bet’s cyber unit, tells JNS that while China is an important country for Israel, it is no friend of the Jewish state.
IDF strikes more than 100 terror targets in Gaza, and Hamas targets in high-rise quarter of central Gaza used to fire anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles.
Iran and its Houthi proxy have launched a long-term effort blockade shipping to Israel and are threatening global shipping as well.
Despite the elimination of a top Hamas leader in Beirut and thousands of terrorists in Gaza, “we have not forgotten for a moment that one of the top national goals is the return of the hostages,” said IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari.
The Israeli Air Force continues to strike multiple Hezbollah targets in Southern Lebanon.
Israeli military releases results of investigation into accidental fire that killed three hostages; since Oct. 7, casualties of Israel Defense Forces reach 501.
Meanwhile, the Israeli military is gaining valuable intelligence from security cameras in Hamas’s tunnels as part of its pursuit of the terror group’s leadership, its spokesman says.
Israel was attacked in seven areas and hit back in six, per Defense Minister Yoav Gallant; the IDF announced three more casualties in Gaza.
The Hamas leader Yahaya Sinwar “hears the IDF’s bulldozers over him,” Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said. “He will meet our barrels soon.”
The Israel Defense Forces’s 99th Division moved from northern Gaza into the center of the Strip.