Yaakov Lappin, Author at J-Wire https://www.jwire.com.au/author/yaakov-lappin/ Australia, NZ and worldwide Jewish news that matters Fri, 24 Apr 2026 07:25:20 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 6446428 IDF enforces new Southern Lebanon security zone https://www.jwire.com.au/idf-enforces-new-southern-lebanon-security-zone/ https://www.jwire.com.au/idf-enforces-new-southern-lebanon-security-zone/#respond Fri, 24 Apr 2026 07:25:20 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=180139 The Israel Defence Forces rapidly detected and eliminated armed Hezbollah terror operatives who violated newly established ceasefire understandings in southern Lebanon on Monday, as a new expanded Israeli security zone took shape.   The military is enforcing what it describes as a forward defence line roughly 10 kilometres deep into Lebanon to neutralise immediate threats […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/idf-enforces-new-southern-lebanon-security-zone/feed/ 0 180139 ‘20 square kilometres of Gaza City left to seize’ https://www.jwire.com.au/20-square-kilometres-of-gaza-city-left-to-seize/ https://www.jwire.com.au/20-square-kilometres-of-gaza-city-left-to-seize/#respond Wed, 03 Sep 2025 07:20:50 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=172703 As the IDF masses troops on the outskirts of Gaza City, Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir declared on Tuesday that the military will not stop until it achieves a “decisive victory.” Meanwhile, a fierce debate is raging within Israel over the necessity of a final, large-scale ground assault on Hamas’s last major stronghold. […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/20-square-kilometres-of-gaza-city-left-to-seize/feed/ 0 172703 ‘No real difference between PM’s and IDF chief’s visions for Gaza’ https://www.jwire.com.au/no-real-difference-between-pms-and-idf-chiefs-visions-for-gaza/ https://www.jwire.com.au/no-real-difference-between-pms-and-idf-chiefs-visions-for-gaza/#respond Fri, 08 Aug 2025 07:17:45 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=171840 Israel’s Security Cabinet convened on Thursday night for a decisive meeting to shape the next phase of the war in Gaza, amid a high-stakes and public debate between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the military’s top command. The Security Cabinet decided by a “decisive majority” to approve Netanyahu’s plan to defeat Hamas, including controlling […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/no-real-difference-between-pms-and-idf-chiefs-visions-for-gaza/feed/ 0 171840 The Israeli military’s systematic approach to dismantling Hamas https://www.jwire.com.au/the-israeli-militarys-systematic-approach-to-dismantling-hamas/ https://www.jwire.com.au/the-israeli-militarys-systematic-approach-to-dismantling-hamas/#respond Fri, 26 Jan 2024 05:36:29 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=155367 On the eve of the war, Hamas possessed an estimated 30,000 armed terrorists, divided into five territorial brigades and 24 battalions across the Gaza Strip. It had a sprawling weapons production industry, much of it underground, and distributed the weapons through hundreds of miles of tunnels. It had an estimated rocket arsenal of some 15,000 […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/the-israeli-militarys-systematic-approach-to-dismantling-hamas/feed/ 0 155367 Israeli military: no problem to resume Gaza offensive after truce https://www.jwire.com.au/israeli-military-no-problem-to-resume-gaza-offensive-after-truce/ https://www.jwire.com.au/israeli-military-no-problem-to-resume-gaza-offensive-after-truce/#comments Thu, 23 Nov 2023 07:49:13 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=153134 The Israel Defence Forces has expressed confidence in its ability to preserve its operational achievements in the northern Gaza Strip, including Gaza City, during a truce with Hamas designed to facilitate a hostage release deal. “We will know how to deal with any decision and know how to prepare in such a way that will […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/israeli-military-no-problem-to-resume-gaza-offensive-after-truce/feed/ 1 153134 The IDF’s network-based machine is winning in Gaza https://www.jwire.com.au/the-idfs-network-based-machine-is-winning-in-gaza/ https://www.jwire.com.au/the-idfs-network-based-machine-is-winning-in-gaza/#respond Mon, 13 Nov 2023 07:44:23 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=152747 On Sunday, the Israel Defence Forces provided one of many updates about the activities of its forces battling Hamas in Gaza. In doing so, it underscored capabilities that would have been unthinkable even a decade ago: a network-based war machine that creates unprecedented levels of coordination between and within ground, air, naval and intelligence units, […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/the-idfs-network-based-machine-is-winning-in-gaza/feed/ 0 152747 Hamas’s human shields: ‘terrorists left the hospital with civilians’ https://www.jwire.com.au/hamass-human-shields-terrorists-left-the-hospital-with-civilians/ https://www.jwire.com.au/hamass-human-shields-terrorists-left-the-hospital-with-civilians/#respond Sun, 12 Nov 2023 07:58:47 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=152695 The Israel Defence Forces evacuated Rantisi Hospital in the Gaza Strip and chose not to target Hamas terrorists leaving with civilians on foot and in cars and ambulances, military officials said on Saturday. The decision was made to avoid harming Palestinian noncombatants. The IDF said it worked with the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) to […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/hamass-human-shields-terrorists-left-the-hospital-with-civilians/feed/ 0 152695 250,000 Israelis displaced, bodies still being identified https://www.jwire.com.au/250000-israelis-displaced-bodies-still-being-identified/ https://www.jwire.com.au/250000-israelis-displaced-bodies-still-being-identified/#respond Wed, 01 Nov 2023 00:28:45 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=152286 Some 250,000 Israelis have been displaced by the war so far, and the Israel Defence Forces are working with local councils to care for devastated communities of traumatized people from the south, including children who have been orphaned and dispersed throughout 29 regional councils, according to a senior Israeli military official. The official said that […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/250000-israelis-displaced-bodies-still-being-identified/feed/ 0 152286 Iran is helping Hamas with intelligence and incitement https://www.jwire.com.au/iran-is-helping-hamas-with-intelligence-and-incitement/ https://www.jwire.com.au/iran-is-helping-hamas-with-intelligence-and-incitement/#respond Thu, 26 Oct 2023 00:00:38 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=152045 Iran is assisting Hamas by supplying it with intelligence and is also boosting anti-Israel incitement worldwide, Israel Defence Forces Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari stated on Wednesday morning, day 19 of Israel’s war against the terror organization. Iran also helped Hamas with training, weapons, funding and technological knowledge, said Hagari. “Around the world, the proxies […]

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