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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.
Commanders, infrastructure, weapons production and field operatives: How the IDF is taking the terrorist group apart from the top down.
Former IDF officers lay out the reasons why despite the achievements made so far in Israel’s war against Hamas, the fighting is likely to last for months yet.
Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi: “We’re releasing some reserves, knowing that we’ll call on them again.”
Observers say Iran was an intended target audience of last week’s strikes; Egypt’s Suez Canal records major drop in sea traffic and revenue.
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.