Israeli Troops Capture Beaufort Castle in Southern Lebanon
The advance gave Israel its deepest incursion into Lebanon in more than 25 years, as fighting spread across villages near Nabatiyeh.
- On Saturday, Israeli troops captured the strategic, Crusader-built Beaufort Castle in southern Lebanon, marking a major gain in the ongoing Israel-Hezbollah war that began in early March.
- Israeli forces previously held the mountain for 18 years until withdrawing in 2000; troops now occupy villages near the Litani River, used as a de facto boundary during the recent incursion.
- Hezbollah fired rockets at Kiryat Shmona in retaliation for airstrikes, while a Friday airstrike on Adloun killed a Syrian family of eight, part of a conflict displacing more than 1 million people.
- Prime Minister Nawaf Salam condemned the incursion, accusing Israel of "implementing a policy of total destruction of cities and towns" and stating Israel will not gain security through a "scorched-earth policy."
- Lebanese and Israeli officials are scheduled to hold another round of direct talks in Washington on Tuesday, though Prime Minister Salam cautioned the negotiations may not produce immediate results.
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In the fights against the Hezbollah militia Israel is advancing further in southern Lebanon. Armed forces have now taken the strategically and symbolically important castle Beaufort - and there for the first time in 26 years the Israeli flag was raised.
Israel Takes the Historic Beaufort Castle South of Lebanon in an Important Advance Against Hezbollah
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Israel Defense Minister Katz announces Sunday that the Israeli army has conquered the Beaufort Medieval Fortress in southern Lebanon, in which it has expanded its operations against the pro-Iranian Lebanese Islamist movement Hezbollah, reports AFP.
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