Yehuda Lapidot (Hebrew: יהודה לפידות; born August 13, 1928) is an Israeli historian, former professor of biochemistry, and veteran of the Zionist militia Irgun.

On 2 April 1946, he participated in a major operation to sabotage the railway network in southern Palestine, and was severely wounded in the arm.

[1] While recuperating from his injury, which prevented him from using a gun, he worked in the Irgun's propaganda department, where he was director of its foreign press section.

[citation needed] During the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, he served as a company commander, and took part in fighting at Ramat Rachel and in Operation Kedem,[1][2] during which he led a unit that was part of the final Israeli attempt to capture Jerusalem's Old City during the war.

[1] His role was that of head of Nativ, an Israeli liaison organization maintaining contacts with Jews living in the Eastern Bloc.