What is Lebanon’s Beaufort Castle, and why has Israel captured it?
The fortress, a historical battleground, is playing a central role in Israel’s military campaign against Hezbollah.
What is Lebanon’s Beaufort Castle, and why has Israel captured it?
The fortress, a historical battleground, is playing a central role in Israel’s military campaign against Hezbollah. Grouped from 7 articles across 6 sources.
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Israel seizes strategic castle in deepest incursion into Lebanon in 26 years
Experts say capture is largely symbolic, but it complicates efforts to extend the ceasefire between US and Iran Israeli troops have captured a clifftop castle as they made their deepest incursion into Lebanon in more than 26 years, further shattering a nominal US-brokered ceasefire and complicating efforts to extend the separate truce between Washington and Tehran. After days of intense fighting and airstrikes in nearby villages, the Israeli defence minister, Israel Katz, said the military had captured Beaufort Castle, also known as Qalaat al-Shaqif, which it had used as a base during its previous occupation of southern Lebanon between 1982 and 2000. Continue reading...
Israel laid siege to an 889-year-old castle. Here's why that matters
Israel has captured a castle in southern Lebanon in a mountainous military siege that marked Israeli forces' deepest incursion into the country in 26 years.
Israeli army captures strategic Beaufort castle in Lebanon
Development marks the deepest incursion by Israel into the country in 26 years
Israel issues more displacement orders in Lebanon, seizes strategic castle
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz describes the capture of Beaufort Castle as a significant tactical victory.
Israel plants flag on mediaeval Beaufort Castle in southern Lebanon
The castle was famously used as a base by Israeli forces during the previous two-decade occupation.
Netanyahu vows to expand Israel’s grip on Lebanon after deepest incursion in 26 years
Israeli forces have crossed the Litani River and captured a strategic mountain in Lebanon, marking the deepest incursion in 26 years.
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