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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.
The terror group is ordering civilians to remain in place as human shields for its military assets, according to the Israeli military.
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi: “We will attack them; we will strike them and break up their system. The IDF under my command understands the gravity of the situation and the mission on our shoulders.”
Brig. Gen. Dan Goldfus, Commander of the IDF’s 98th Division and one of the first military responders to the Oct. 7 massacre, says the military is prepared to “take away” terror organizations.
“We definitely can handle two fronts once the military is deployed and mobilized; this is not a big issue. We already paid such a heavy price that you cannot threaten us with paying heavy prices,” said Brig. Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser.
The Jewish state has no option but to topple the Hamas regime and destroy its terror army, and what comes next must also be considered.
More than 800 targets in Gaza struck in response to barbaric war crime; former national security advisor Maj. Gen. (res.) Yaakov Amidror: War could continue for months.
“Both Hamas and Tehran want to spoil the Saudi-Israeli normalization process.”
Army calls up thousands of reservists after Hamas infiltrates the south from the air, land and sea.