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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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At the height of the ceasefire, Israeli soldiers continue to occupy more and more Lebanese territory and to bomb indiscriminately, while Hizbollah does not stop its attacks that have killed an Israeli soldier
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Israel troops capture Beaufort Castle in southern Lebanon push against Hezbollah
JERUSALEM, May 31 - Israeli troops have seized the 900-year-old Beaufort Castle and its strategic ridge in southern Lebanon, the military said on Sunday, a major advance against Iran-backed Hezbollah despite a ceasefire announced more than six weeks ago. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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Israeli forces had used Beaufort as a base during their occupation of southern Lebanon, which lasted two decades and ended in 2000.
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