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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 observers say certain Sunni Gulf states are seeking to drive a wedge between Iran and Syria.
Col. (res.) Moshe Elad, one of the founders of security coordination between the Israel Defense Forces and the P.A., notes that the “glorification of martyrs” is a daily event for Palestinian leaders.
Iranian axis is using the Houthis to draw dangerous lessons about the use of long-range firepower.
Twenty startup companies in the fields of robotics and mini-indoor drones take part a competition in Yeruham in southern Israel.
Joint teams from both fleets practiced emergency medicine aboard two Israeli Sa’ar 6 ships, the largest vessels in the Israeli fleet.
A senior delegation of the German Bundestag Defense Committee visited the Lebanese border, where members were briefed on threats posed by Hezbollah, as well as Iran’s continuous proliferation of arms, know-how and funds to the Lebanese “terror military.”
Hamas is trying to remotely fan the flames of violence while keeping Gaza out of the line of fire due to its own current interests; Israel is stepping up counter-terrorism operations.
When terrorists slip past the intelligence net, the speed of reaction and the number of officers make the difference between life and death.