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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.

News Briefs

Egypt’s Large Military Presence in Sinai Raises Questions and Concerns

Yaakov Lappin

Analysis

IDF Withdrawal from Lebanon: Is it Even Feasible by Jan. 26?

Yaakov Lappin

Op-Eds

Israel Cannot Again Leave Gazan Areas For Months

Yaakov Lappin

Analysis

Turkish-Orchestrated Attacks on Kurds Threaten Israeli Interests Too

Yaakov Lappin

Op-Eds

Will Biden Act Against Israel During his Lame-duck Period?

Yaakov Lappin

Op-Eds

IDF’s Ground Op in Lebanon Aims to Prevent Another Oct. 7th

Yaakov Lappin

Hezbollah

‘Whole of Hezbollah’s Senior Command Level Likely Damaged’

Yaakov Lappin

Op-Eds

How Should Israel Respond to Hezbollah’s Rocket Atrocity?

Yaakov Lappin

Analysis

Six Months into the War, Gaza Could Become Secondary Arena

Yaakov Lappin

Analysis

The Buffer Zone Taking Shape in Gaza

Yaakov Lappin

IDF & Security

IDF Quietly Transitions to Phase 3 in the War Against Hamas

Yaakov Lappin

Analysis

Hezbollah’s Attack on Israeli Base Was a Wake-Up Call

Yaakov Lappin

Iran

Will the US Task Force Undo Years of Neglecting the Houthi Threat?

Yaakov Lappin

IDF & Security

Jordan Intercepts Armed Drone Fired at Israel by Iran-Backed Iraqi Militia

Yaakov Lappin

IDF & Security

How the Israeli Military Will Resume its Fighting When the Order is Given

Yaakov Lappin

Israel At War: Iron Swords

Hamas’s Human Shields: ‘Terrorists Left the Hospital With Civilians’

Yaakov Lappin

News Briefs

Russian Electronic War System ‘Likely’ Behind Ben-Gurion Airport Disruptions

Yaakov Lappin

News Briefs

Hamas’s Aerial Drone Fleet Bears Iranian Fingerprints

Yaakov Lappin

Analysis

Iran’s ‘Knowledge Bombs’: Reverse-Engineering IEDs in Judea and Samaria

Yaakov Lappin

Analysis

Israel ‘One of the World’s Top Cyber Powers’

Yaakov Lappin

Analysis

Iran is Taking Over Key Syrian Defense Industries

Yaakov Lappin

Analysis

A Decade into the Shadow War in Syria, Israel Still Disrupting Tehran’s Takeover Efforts

Yaakov Lappin

News Briefs

(Jewish Space?) Laser Defenses Coming Soon to Israeli Border Communities

Yaakov Lappin

Analysis

Hezbollah, Seeing Division in Israel, Launches Calculated Provocation

Yaakov Lappin

Op-Eds

IDF Seeks to Shatter Jenin’s Role as Terror Safe Haven

Yaakov Lappin

Analysis

A Rejuvenated Iran-Al-Qaeda Link Poses New Security Threats

Yaakov Lappin

Analysis

Israel Mulls Military Operation as Judea and Samaria Security Crumbles

Yaakov Lappin

Social Media

Arab Terror Groups Exploit Social Media to Recruit Minors

Yaakov Lappin

News Briefs

Russia’s Drone Onslaught Ups Interest in Israeli Defense System

Yaakov Lappin

Analysis

Iraq ‘Gradually Turning Into a Source of Threat’ to Israel

Yaakov Lappin

Headlines

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Terrorism

IDF Adds 3 Battalions to Judea and Samaria in Response to Bus Explosions in Metro Tel Aviv

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US

Trump Senior Official Threatens Hamas with ‘Total Annihilation’

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IDF & Security

IDF: Body Hamas Returned is NOT Shiri Bibas

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Ukraine

Ukraine Borrows Page from Israel’s Beeper Offensive to Trap Russian Drone Operators

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On Campus / Education

Santa Ana Public Schools Prevented from Teaching Antisemitic Ethnic Studies

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Terrorism

IDF Adds 3 Battalions to Judea and Samaria in Response to Bus Explosions in Metro Tel Aviv

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US

Trump Senior Official Threatens Hamas with ‘Total Annihilation’

Terrorism

3 Buses Detonate in Bat Yam, Holon; Unexploded Ordnance Found on 2 Additional Buses

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A Closer Look at the Six Hostages to Be Released on Saturday

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Israel Bans Entry for Those Denying October 7 Massacre or Working With ICC

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