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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.

Yahya al-Sinwar, leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, at a rally in Gaza City marking the 35th anniversary of the Islamist movement, Dec. 14, 2022. Photo by Atia Mohammed/Flash90.
Feature
How Hamas is working to create multiple fronts of attack against Israel
The Islamist movement is pleased with its control over territory and people and looks towards its next goal of taking over Judea and Samaria.
Dec. 25, 2022
Yaakov Lappin
A Russian Air Force Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jet lands at Kubinka Air Base. Credit: Fasttailwind/Shutterstock.
Israel News
Analysis: Possible Tehran purchase of Russia’s Su-35 jet sign of troubling partnership
Russian-Iranian competition in Syria appears to be a thing of the past, and a new Iranian-Hezbollah attempt at entrenchment in southern Syria may have already begun.
Dec. 20, 2022
Yaakov Lappin
A Mahan Air Airbus A300B4-600 lands at Birmingham International Airport, England. Photo by Adrian Pingstone via Wikimedia Commons.
Israel News
The airline that is the ‘main cover’ for Iran’s arms smuggling
A new report by the Alma Center sheds light on how Mahan Air works closely with Quds Force Unit 190 to ‘book’ suspicious flights with fake passenger names to Syria and Lebanon.
Dec. 15, 2022
Yaakov Lappin
Fighters from the Golani Brigade's 13th Battalion take a breather after a week-long exercise in extreme weather conditions on the northern Golan Heights, July 21, 2022. Photo by Michael Giladi/Flash90.
Feature
How the IDF shifted towards decentralization on the battlefield
The Israeli military’s evolution has seen the battalion-level echelon as the one that receives precise intelligence during combat and uses it to activate fighter jets.
Dec. 14, 2022
Yaakov Lappin
Israeli F-35I Adir jets fly in formation. Photo by 1st Lt. Erik D. Anthony/U.S. Air Force.
Feature
Hamas’s shoulder-fired missiles and the far bigger threat to Israeli aircraft from Lebanon
Israeli jets likely have good defenses against such threats but they are not invulnerable.
Dec. 13, 2022
Yaakov Lappin
Paran Brigade fighters in the field, Credit: IDF Spokesperson's Unit.
Israel News
The IDF versus drug dealers: How an inter-agency effort is denting the flow of narcotics
Cross-border drug smugglers had a 50% chance of success in 2021, compared with 20% this year; Meanwhile, the IDF’s Paran Brigade remains vigilant against the ISIS threat from Sinai.
Dec. 5, 2022
Yaakov Lappin
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi speaks at a conference of the Gazit Institute in Tel Aviv, Nov. 4, 2022. Photo by Gideon Markowicz/Flash90.
Israel News
IDF identifies ‘as many targets in a month as it did in a year’
Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi sheds light on how artificial intelligence led to an intelligence revolution.
Dec. 4, 2022
Yaakov Lappin
Palestinian Islamic Jihad
Israel News
The IDF’s Judea and Samaria challenge: A spike in attacks and anti-terror raids
Both Hamas and Islamic Jihad seek to set the area ablaze and view Jenin as the ideal ignition point.
Nov. 29, 2022
Yaakov Lappin
IDF artillery fires into Lebanon after Hezbollah fired 19 rockets into Israel, Aug. 6, 2021. Photo by Basel Awidat/Flash90.
Feature
Hezbollah could use chlorine rockets as ‘last resort’ in future war
The Lebanese terror group would not need help from Syria or Iran to build rudimentary chemical warheads, according to The Alma Center defense research body.
Nov. 28, 2022
Yaakov Lappin
Israeli security personnel at the scene of a terrorist attack on a bus near Neve Daniel in Gush Etzion, south of Jerusalem, March 31, 2022. Photo by Israel Kasnett.
Israel News
Jerusalem bombings: The organized terror cell that got through
Since the start of 2022, the Shin Bet has foiled 34 bombing plots and 330 planned shootings.
Nov. 23, 2022
Yaakov Lappin
An illustration of the new aerial drone medical supply network from Gadfin and Sarel. Credit: Courtesy Gadfin and Sarel.
Feature
Israeli companies to launch drone supply network for hospitals
Aero-logistics firm teams with medical logistics organization to make Israel the first Western country to have an automatic aerial medical delivery grid.
Nov. 22, 2022
Yaakov Lappin
Three IAF F-35i “Adir” aircraft upon their arrival at Israel's Nevatim Airbase near Beersheva on Nov. 13, 2022. Credit: IDF.
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As Israel’s F-35 fleet grows, IDF accelerates preparations against Iran
Former IAF chief Maj. Gen. (ret.) Eitan Ben-Eliyahu tells JNS the stealth fighters contribute to Israel’s deterrent power against the Islamic Republic.
Nov. 17, 2022
Yaakov Lappin
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