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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.

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi alongside U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Mark Milley. Credit: IDF's Spokesperson's Unit.
Israel News
Top three goals of Israeli Chief of Staff Kochavi during US visit
Priorities include communicating intelligence assessments by the Israel Defense Forces on Iran’s nuclear program and professional concerns over a new nuclear deal, in addition to sharing key lessons from recent conflict with Hamas in Gaza.
June 21, 2021
Yaakov Lappin
Hezbollah flags fly over southern Lebanon. Credit: John Grummitt/Shutterstock.
Israel News
Israeli research center exposes how Hezbollah ‘liaisons’ help control Lebanon
A Rabat is stationed in southern Lebanese villages as Hezbollah’s official administrator; in addition to running daily affairs, he helps plant missiles in civilian homes for the Iranian-backed organization.
June 18, 2021
Yaakov Lappin
F-35 Drill
Israel News
IAF takes part in joint, two-week exercise with US, Italian, British air forces
Maj. T, an Israeli fighter-jet pilot, tells JNS: “There are certain things that only F-35s can communicate to one another.”
June 16, 2021
Yaakov Lappin
Torch 750, IDF Technology, Elbit
Israel News
IDF officer post-conflict: ‘Clear picture of battlefield top priority’
For the first time, the Israel Defense Forces used the Elbit-made Torch 750 combat management system in a wide-ranging manner during “Operation Guardian of the Walls,” allowing a platoon commander to see not only infantry and tank units in a certain area, but what’s in the air and at sea.
June 14, 2021
Yaakov Lappin
Members of Hamas attend a rally in Beit Lahiya on May 30, 2021. Photo by Atia Mohammed/Flash90.
Israel News
Ex-Marine commander: Western countries to see adversaries employ Hamas, Hezbollah tactics
Lt. Gen. (ret.) Richard F. Natonski: Israel did everything it could to minimize civilian casualties, despite the fact that Hamas put tunnels, rocket-launchers, mortar facilities and headquarters in civilian-occupied buildings. But another battle at play is the war of public opinion.
June 7, 2021
Yaakov Lappin
The “Seagull USV” provides naval forces with some major advantages in their ability to patrol, monitor and neutralize threats, both on the sea surface and underwater. Credit: Elbit Systems.
Israel News
As underwater threats proliferate, autonomous Israeli sea vessel stands guard
The “Seagull USV,” made by Elbit Systems, provides naval forces with major advantages in their ability to patrol, monitor and neutralize threats, both on the sea surface and underwater.
June 4, 2021
Yaakov Lappin
Benny Gantz, Antony Blinken
Israel News
Gantz seeks new understanding, in quiet way, with US on Iran
The defense minister shares Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu Benjamin’s grave concern over the emerging Iran nuclear deal, though believes that strategic dialogue, as opposed to a more defiant posture, is the way forward with Israel’s greatest ally.
June 3, 2021
Yaakov Lappin
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken with King Abdullah II of Jordan in Amman on May 26, 2021. Credit: U.S. State Department Photo by Ron Przysucha.
Israel News
Jordan is ‘the eastern security zone against Iran’
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz underscores it must strengthen pragmatic states like neighboring Jordan; former deputy National Security Council head Col. (res.) Shaul Shay says coordination with Jordan keeps Israel’s longest border quiet.
June 2, 2021
Yaakov Lappin
Rockets fired at Israel by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, May 18, 2021. Photo by Nati Shohat/Flash90.
Israel News
IDF seeks to fast-track revolutionary approach to lessening future rocket fire
The Israeli military is developing a new system to intercept rockets at their ascent stage, using a network of sensors and missiles to destroy active enemy launchers within 10 to 15 seconds.
May 31, 2021
Yaakov Lappin
Masked members from the Ezzedine al-Qassam carry a model of a rocket during a rally to commemorate the 27th anniversary of the Islamist movement creation Hamas, at the Nuseirat refugee camp in the Central Gaza Strip on Dec. 12, 2014. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.
Israel News
How Israel can disrupt Hamas’s re-armament plans
Col. (res.) Shaul Shay says the tight supervision of Gaza reconstruction and a clampdown on dual-use materials will be needed to prevent Hamas from restarting the buildup of its weapons program.
May 24, 2021
Yaakov Lappin
IDF Artillery Corps seen firing into Gaza near the Israeli border on May 20, 2021. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Israel News
Hamas-Israel ceasefire expected to take effect on Friday, IDF ratchets up military successes
To help safeguard Israeli citizens in recent days, the Israel Defense Forces hit 430 Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket-launchers, and more than 20 rocket-launching operatives, said IDF figures, resulting in a degradation of the terror organizations’ capabilities.
May 20, 2021
Yaakov Lappin
The IDF Artillery Corps fires into the Gaza Strip near the Israeli border on May 19, 2021. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.
Israel News
Ceasefire reportedly ‘not before Friday,’ as rockets, Israeli Air Force strikes persist
IDF official: Hamas’s force build-up process is problem • Vital to disrupt future re-armament programs to prevent new escalation in near future.
May 19, 2021
Yaakov Lappin
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