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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.

IDF bulldozers enter Jenin as Israel begins a major aerial and ground offensive in the city, July 3, 2023. Photo by Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90.
Analysis
The IDF is dismantling Jenin’s terror infrastructure
The Israel Defense Forces has set a new precedent of intensified yet focused security operations, which it can now repeat.
July 4, 2023
Yaakov Lappin
Israeli forces enter Jenin in northern Samaria, on July 3, 2023. Photo by Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90.
Analysis
IDF seeks to shatter Jenin’s role as terror safe haven
The Jenin operation is a reflection of a larger strategic problem, namely the growing power vacuum and chaos in Samaria.
July 3, 2023
Yaakov Lappin
The U.S. military is reportedly supplying Ukraine with artillery rounds pulled from stockpiles based in Israel. Credit: National Guard of Ukraine via Wikimedia Commons.
Opinion
Lessons from the Ukraine war
Active defense suites on armored vehicles have become essential.
June 29, 2023
Yair Ramati, Yaakov Lappin
ISIS Flag in Syria
Analysis
A rejuvenated Iran-Al-Qaeda link poses new security threats
Salafi jihadist organizations like ISIS and Al Qaeda haven’t vanished, terrorism experts warn, and continue to try and recruit within Israel itself.
June 29, 2023
Yaakov Lappin
A rocket purportedly fired from Jenin, in northern Samaria, on June 26, 2023. Source: Twitter.
Analysis
Jenin rockets had no warheads but still spell trouble
Iran, Hamas and Islamic Jihad are trying to saturate Judea and Samaria with weapons and funds, and encourage local cells to carry out attacks.
June 28, 2023
Yaakov Lappin
Friends and family attend the funeral of 21-year-old Israeli Harel Masood, who was killed in a terror attack near the near the Jewish settlement of Eli, in the cemetery in Yesodot, on June 20, 2023. Photo by Liron Moldovan/Flash90.
Analysis
IDF mulls larger op as Judea and Samaria security crumbles
This week’s deadly Eli shootings indicate that murderous Palestinian terrorism is spreading south from its epicenter in Jenin as the power vacuum in the area grows.
June 22, 2023
Yaakov Lappin
Palestinians, many of them armed, attend a funeral of 16-year-old Muntasir al-Shawa, who was killed during clashes with Israeli security forces in the Balata refugee camp in the West Bank city of Nablus, Feb. 21, 2023. Photo by Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90.
Israel News
How social media boosts terrorists’ recruitment of minors
“TikTok recruits” are the latest trend in Palestinian terror groups’ targeting of teenagers.
June 21, 2023
Yaakov Lappin
Rafael's Drone Dome system, which the company describes as an effective way to conduct airspace defense “against hostile drones used by terrorists and criminals to perform aerial attacks, collect intelligence and carry out intimidating activities.” Credit: Rafael Industries.
Analysis
Russia’s UAV onslaught ups interest in Israeli defense system
Rafael’s Drone Dome is already active in Dubai, protecting the Gulf city from attack.
June 20, 2023
Yaakov Lappin
An IAF AH-64 Apache helicopter gunship, July 6, 2021. Photo by Ofer Zidon/Flash90.
Analysis
Jenin airstrikes a sign of deteriorating security
The IDF may have no choice but to recommend to the Cabinet the launch of a wide-scale operation in the terror hotbed.
June 19, 2023
Yaakov Lappin
Members of the Yamas counter-terrorist unit participate in a military operation in Dahariya. The unit is attached to the Israeli Border Police, but a direct subordinate to the Shin Bet. Aug. 2, 2022. Photo by Nati Shohat/Flash90,
Analysis
What the Shin Bet can and can’t do about Arab-sector crime
Bolstering the Israel Police, in terms of manpower, tools and resources, and harsher punishments are needed to reduce crime levels
June 18, 2023
Yaakov Lappin
U.S. Army soldiers, attached to Heavy Company, 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, take cover behind their vehicle as small-arms fire opens up in the distance in Mosul, Iraq, Jan. 17, 2008. Credit: Spc. Kieran Cuddihy/U.S. Army photo.
Feature
Iraq ‘gradually turning into a source of threat’ to Israel
A convenient launching pad for Iranian UAVs or missile strikes, this arena should be monitored carefully, according to Israeli observers.
June 15, 2023
Yaakov Lappin
Israeli Navy personnel rehearsing the wartime evacuation of patients in Shlomi, in northern Israel, on June 6, 2023. Credit; IDF Spokespersons Unit.
Israel News
‘The challenge of evacuating patients with needs under fire is double’
Lt. Col. Merav Shabi Sultan of the IDF Homefront Command shares some of the ways Israel is preparing for a war with Hezbollah.
June 12, 2023
Yaakov Lappin
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