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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.
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.