Israel Seizes Ancient Lebanon Fortress
The seizure marks Israel’s deepest advance into Lebanon in more than 25 years as officials say the ridge helps protect border communities.
- On Sunday, Israeli forces captured the 900-year-old Beaufort Castle and its surrounding ridge in southern Lebanon, raising Israeli and Golani Brigade flags in their deepest incursion in more than 26 years.
- Israeli troops previously held the Crusader-era fortress for 18 years until they withdrew in 2000, and military officials stated the operation aims to dismantle Hezbollah infrastructure on the ridge.
- Forces crossed the Litani River several days ago, expanding ground operations toward Nabatiyeh, and the military issued sweeping evacuation orders for areas south of the Zahrani River.
- Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam condemned the invasion as a "scorched-earth policy" and collective punishment, while French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot requested an emergency United Nations Security Council meeting.
- Fighting persists despite the April 17 ceasefire, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu directed forces to "deepen and expand our hold" in areas previously controlled by Hezbollah.
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Israeli troops seize strategic castle in Lebanon during deepest incursion in decades
Israeli troops have captured a strategic mountain topped with a Crusader-built castle in southern Lebanon in the deepest incursion into the country in more than a quarter-century, the military said Sunday.
12th-Century Castle in Lebanon Falls to Israel's Expanded Push
Israeli troops captured a strategic mountain topped with a Crusader-built castle in southern Lebanon in the deepest incursion into the country in more than a quarter-century, the military said Sunday. The capture of Beaufort castle, near the city of Nabatiyeh, came after days of airstrikes and intense fighting in nearby...
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vienna.atAction also took the rocky peak of the castle and occurred after one of the most intense days of Hezbollah shooting towards northern Israel since the April ceasefire
After 26 years of fighting Hezbollah, Israeli troops set foot again in the strategic castle of Beaufort. Israel’s army announced this Sunday the seizure of that fortress, erected on a hill 900 years ago in southern Lebanon — and north of the Litani River line — as part of efforts to nullify the pro-Iranian group in the northern border region with Israel. In parallel, Israeli troops also carry out a renewed air offensive on Tyre, the country’s la…
While the US and Iran are negotiating an extension of the ceasefire, Israel is expanding its military buffer zone in the neighbouring country of Lebanon.
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