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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.
Israeli Air Force strikes Hezbollah in Southern Lebanon, as the terror group increases mortar and anti-tank missile attacks against the Israeli population.
Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant: Israel Defense Forces are progressing towards the defeat of Hamas; military is watching all sides of all sectors against continued and forceful aggression.
The Israeli military’s Ma’alot (Ascent) strategy was formulated before Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack.
Israeli Air Force jets conduct wide-scale strike on Hamas’s Jabaliya Battalion, killing its commander; Israeli Defense Forces Southern Commander: “We will fight in alleys; we will fight in tunnels.”
“Many families were killed totally, and the problem was of who to notify,” said head of the Home Front Command’s Dan District, Col. Hai Rekah.
More than 700 Hamas members arrested in Judea and Samaria since the start of the war; UAV strikes a terror squad in Jenin.
IDF civil affairs officer: Gazan civilians joined the Oct. 7 attack • IDF Spokesperson: “Sinwar brought disaster on Gaza and lost control.”
Israeli forces, aided by advanced intelligence, are ready to destroy the labyrinth.