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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.

Despite significant degradation, Israeli observers warn that Hezbollah retains the capability for localized cross-border raids.
Unlike the previous large-scale maneuvering in Gaza City, the IDF now deploys smaller forces to prevent Hamas from regrouping.
The operation is a sign of things to come in Hamas’s last stronghold in the south: Rafah.
When the order is given, dozens of Israeli aircraft over Lebanon will turn into hundreds, per the Israeli Air Force commander.
“The lesson from the war in Ukraine and against Hamas is identical: Israel must significantly increase its arsenal,” said a former Israeli defense official.
The military’s goal in moving Gaza’s civilians is to protect them, says a senior official in the IDF’s Southern Command.
To protect the western Negev communities, the IDF will have to create an area free of structures in the Strip.
Israeli control is critical to stop Hamas rearming, but Cairo is concerned over mass fleeing of Gazans to Sinai, observers in Israel say.
An Israeli defense delegation in Washington reportedly discussed fast-tracking delivery of Apache helicopters to the Jewish state.