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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 firepower, intel used against PIJ are a warning to bigger enemies.
The Islamic Republic is directing Palestinian Islamic Jihad leaders, who live in Beirut and Damascus, to tell rocket commanders in Gaza to keep firing, says the IDF.
Israeli air defenses shot down 96% of projectiles heading for populated areas so far, saving lives, property and helping avert a costly ground war.
PIJ plot to kill Israelis with anti-tank missile thwarted, says military spokesperson • Hamas not actively participating in the attacks for now.
Hamas and Iran share the goal of surrounding Israel with a ring of fire—and that’s where Hamas deputy politburo chief Saleh al-Arouri comes in.
The “severe” surprise attack on the Gaza-based terror group sends the message that Israel “won’t be subject to PIJ’s formulas,” says IDF spokesman.
Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad are prepared to absorb airstrikes in order to terrorize Israeli civilians and market themselves as “authentic” fighters against the Jewish state.
Iranian weapons proliferation could grow significantly beyond the Middle East and Russia, Israeli observers warn.