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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.

As the military grapples with need to boost numbers, former senior officers say personnel increases, while vital, are no substitute for operational readiness.
Before the war, Iran doubled Hezbollah funding to $2 billion and sent hundreds of millions to terrorist factions in Gaza.
The IRGC’s Imam Hossein University in Tehran was also used to develop ballistic missiles, says IDF spokesperson.
The military continues to dismantle Iranian weapons production sites, nuclear facilities and missile launchers
Army says strikes on missile production, air defenses and naval assets have reduced the Islamic Republic’s capacity to attack.
The IDF degrades Iranian missile stockpiles and targets nuclear research facilities while the Israeli home front faces persistent yet reduced attacks.
Despite significant degradation, Israeli observers warn that Hezbollah retains the capability for localized cross-border raids.
A series of decisive Israeli airstrikes has systematically targeted the highest echelons of the Iranian terror regime’s apparatus, taking out the true power broker alongside Basij head.
The goal of the IDF ground push into Lebanon is to stop Hezbollah from firing anti-tank missiles, RPGs and rockets at the Jewish state.
IAF completes 4,200 sorties against Tehran’s regime, eliminates key Iranian personnel in Lebanon.
The IDF has yet to confirm any laser usage, as Iron Dome appears to be handling Hezbollah’s rockets and drones.
An Israeli Air Force drone operator details the unprecedented scale of “Operation Roaring Lion” and how aerial superiority was achieved.