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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.
Israel has successfully launched the Ofek 19, an advanced radar observation satellite, which can observe enemy targets at a high resolution.
The IDF aims to dismantle Hamas’s last stronghold.
As some 76% of northerners return home, a new security reality is taking shape, defined by the IDF’s proactive “forward defense” doctrine.
While the IDF prepares for a final assault on Gaza City, former defense officials tell JNS that only a military takeover of Hamas’s last stronghold can achieve a decisive victory.
Dramatic decapitation attack in Yemen comes days after Israel struck a fuel depot that appears to be tied to the Houthi missile industry.
Former Israeli National Security Adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat tells JNS that PA criticism of Hamas is “hollow.”
“Operation Gideon’s Chariots” has led to IDF controlling 75% of Gaza, eliminating 2,000 terrorists, and striking 10,000 terror targets.
Former Israeli defense officials say absolute Israeli determination is the key to breaking Hamas and completing the war’s aims.