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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.

An Israeli soldier examines anti-tank ordnance seized from Hezbollah's Radwan Force in Southern Lebanon, Dec. 28, 2024. Credit: IDF.
Analysis
Hezbollah’s Radwan Force and the risk of northern infiltration
Despite significant degradation, Israeli observers warn that Hezbollah retains the capability for localized cross-border raids.
Mar. 19, 2026
Yaakov Lappin
Ali Larijani
Analysis
Ali Larijani, Iran’s ‘de facto ruler,’ eliminated in IAF strike
Mar. 18, 2026
Yaakov Lappin
Israel Defense Forces troops from the 91st Division conduct ground operations against key Hezbollah strongholds in Southern Lebanon, March 15, 2026. Credit: IDF.
Analysis
‘Only IDF presence in Lebanon can defend northern Israel’
Mar. 17, 2026
Yaakov Lappin
Israeli reservists and activists protest against the Israeli government's planned judicial reform, in the city of Bnei Brak, March 16, 2023. Photo by Flash90.
Features
IDF seeks to keep the flames of politics away from its ranks
As the judicial reform debate rages in Israel, the military under Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi is striving to avoid being dragged into the crisis, while respecting its members’ civil rights.
Mar. 30, 2023
Yaakov Lappin
GM Afcon’s V-Alert system as seen installed on a security fence. Credit: Courtesy.
Israel News
Israeli perimeter detection-tech spreading around the world
GM Afcon’s V-Alert system differentiates between movement caused by wind or rain, for example, and an intruder.
Mar. 26, 2023
Yaakov Lappin
Temple Mount
Israel News
Jerusalem Police brace for a tense Ramadan as Hamas threatens ‘explosion’
An enlarged police cyber center will work to counter incitement and coordinate with forces in the field.
Mar. 26, 2023
Yaakov Lappin
Firefighters, Jerusalem Emergency Department volunteers and IDF Home Front Command soldiers take part in a drill simulating a building collapse following an earthquake in Ma'ale Adumim, Feb. 14, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Features
‘All IDF divisions and brigades would be deployed if a major earthquake hits Israel’
Lt. Col. (res.) Yasmin Hen, head of instruction on earthquakes at IDF Home Front Command, talks about the military’s preparations for a major quake.
Mar. 22, 2023
Yaakov Lappin
Fatah
Features
‘Israeli security forces have dozens of concrete terror alerts’
Sharm el-Sheikh de-escalation summit was ‘divorced from the reality on the ground,’ a former defense official tells JNS.
Mar. 21, 2023
Yaakov Lappin
Israeli forces conduct a counterterror operation near Jenin, Dec. 1, 2022. Credit: IDF Spokesperson's Unit.
Features
‘Hundreds of Israeli lives saved by Operation Break the Wave’
A year after the IDF launched the massive counter-terror effort in Judea and Samaria, Israel is still grappling with a Palestinian terror wave, but many innocent lives have been saved, says IDF officer.
Mar. 16, 2023
Yaakov Lappin
The scene of a terrorist bombing on Route 65 in northern Israel, March 13, 2023. Source: Twitter.
News
Terrorist from Lebanon carried out northern Israel highway bombing, IDF reveals
The suspect, armed with a suicide vest and a rifle, was killed at a security checkpoint.
Mar. 15, 2023
Yaakov Lappin
A daytime airstrike in Syria on March 12, 2023 that has been attributed to Israel may have been linked to Hezbollah's precision-missile program. Credit: Alma Center.
Features
Syria strike attributed to Israel likely linked to weapons center
Masyaf is a well-known “trouble spot” that contains the 4000 Institute, where experts from Iran, North Korea and Syria develop precision missiles for Hezbollah, says the Alma Center.
Mar. 14, 2023
Yaakov Lappin
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