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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.
Former military intelligence chief Amos Yadlin: “If Sinwar thinks he can play for time, he’s absolutely wrong.”
The Israel Air Force steps up strikes on Hamas tunnels and infrastructure in the south, and the Israeli military addresses Hezbollah fire to the north.
The Israeli military shares detailed information on how Hamas has turned hospitals into terror command centers and hideouts.
Terror group’s deputy head of intelligence, northern Gaza rocket-array commanders eliminated • IDF focuses its strikes on leadership and tunnels “ahead of next phases of the war.”
The IDF struck a Hamas surface-to-air missile launch post located adjacent to a mosque and kindergarten.
IDF chief of staff: Hamas is already beginning to regret the war that it started.
The lull in Hamas rocket fire is intended “to put us to sleep,” says the Israeli military; IAF focuses on areas Gaza City and surrounding areas.
The Israeli Air Force has destroyed 20 Hezbollah anti-tank missile cells since the start of the war.