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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.

A convoy of military vehicles seen near the Israeli border with the Gaza Strip on Oct. 15, 2023. Photo by Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90.
Analysis
IDF paves way for a ground offensive, but could Hamas escape with civilians?
Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant stated that Hamas terrorists have two options: Be killed or surrender unconditionally.
Oct. 18, 2023
Yaakov Lappin
Key operatives of the Hamas terror organization killed by the Israel Defense Forces and Israel Securities Authority, October 2023. Credit: IDF.
Israel News
Tally of Hamas terrorists killed by Israel’s military and security forces
Commanders responsible for massacres and death squad raids are being eliminated; IDF has launched some 3,600 airstrikes so far, with the Shin Bet and Military Intelligence Directorate assisting.
Oct. 16, 2023
Yaakov Lappin
Israeli soldiers seen at a staging area near the southern Israeli border with Gaza, Oct. 12, 2023. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.
Analysis
Ground offensive will be aimed at destroying Hamas from bottom up
IDF Spokesman repeats calls for Gazans to evacuate southward, and dismisses reports that Israel bombed a convoy of Gaza evacuees as “fake news.”
Oct. 15, 2023
Yaakov Lappin
Israeli soldiers at a staging area near the Israeli border with Gaza, Oct. 14, 2023. Photo by Erik Marmor/Flash90.
Analysis
‘To do to Hamas what was done to ISIS’
Former Israeli national security adviser: We are towards the end of the beginning; This is a war against an enemy state called Hamastan.
Oct. 15, 2023
Yaakov Lappin
Yahya Sinwar, leader of the Palestinian Hamas movement, gestures during a rally in Beit Lahiya on May 30, 2021. Photo by Atia Mohammed/Flash90.
Israel News
IDF: ‘Yahya Sinwar, the face of evil, and his team in our sights’
IAF jets hit Hamas’s Nuhba terror commandoes hard as hundreds of thousands of Gazans head south.
Oct. 14, 2023
Yaakov Lappin
Palestinians in Gaza City evacuate to the southern Gaza Strip, Oct. 13, 2023. Photo by Atia Mohammed/Flash90.
Israel News
Hamas urges Gaza residents to disregard IDF evacuation calls
The terror group is ordering civilians to remain in place as human shields for its military assets, according to the Israeli military.
Oct. 13, 2023
Yaakov Lappin
Israeli soldiers seen at a staging area near the southern Israeli border with Gaza, October 12, 2023. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** ישראל צבא תותח חיילים דרום מלחמה
Israel News
IDF marks out Hamas leadership for elimination ahead of expected ground offensive
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi: “We will attack them; we will strike them and break up their system. The IDF under my command understands the gravity of the situation and the mission on our shoulders.”
Oct. 12, 2023
Yaakov Lappin
Israeli soldiers in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, near the Israeli-Gaza border in southern Israel, Oct. 10, 2023. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.
Feature
‘We have to change reality within Gaza’
Brig. Gen. Dan Goldfus, Commander of the IDF’s 98th Division and one of the first military responders to the Oct. 7 massacre, says the military is prepared to “take away” terror organizations.
Oct. 11, 2023
Yaakov Lappin
Israel Defense Forces units near the border with Lebanon, Oct. 8, 2023. Photo by Ayal Margolin/Flash90.
Analysis
Hezbollah tests waters in the north to find firm Israeli readiness
“We definitely can handle two fronts once the military is deployed and mobilized; this is not a big issue. We already paid such a heavy price that you cannot threaten us with paying heavy prices,” said Brig. Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser.
Oct. 11, 2023
Yaakov Lappin
Israeli soldiers at a staging area near the border with Lebanon, Oct. 9, 2023. Photo by Ayal Margolin/Flash90.
Analysis
Israel’s choices in Gaza all lead to the destruction of the Hamas regime
The Jewish state has no option but to topple the Hamas regime and destroy its terror army, and what comes next must also be considered.
Oct. 9, 2023
Yaakov Lappin
An Israeli police officer stands guard outside of a police station in the southern Israeli city of Sderot, Oct. 8, 2023. Photo by Yossi Zamir/Flash90.     
Israel News
IDF spokesperson: ‘Hamas was more barbaric and more brutal than ISIS’
More than 800 targets in Gaza struck in response to barbaric war crime; former national security advisor Maj. Gen. (res.) Yaakov Amidror: War could continue for months.
Oct. 8, 2023
Yaakov Lappin
Firefighters battle flames a Gazan rocket started in a residential area of Rishon Letzion, Oct. 7, 2023. Photo by Yossi Aloni/Flash90.
Analysis
Iran’s fingerprints seen behind Hamas’s murderous rampage
“Both Hamas and Tehran want to spoil the Saudi-Israeli normalization process.”
Oct. 7, 2023
Yaakov Lappin
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