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Israel seizes Beaufort Castle and intensifies attacks in southern Lebanon

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stated that the occupation of Beaufort Castle is a "crucial milestone" as well as Israel's "radical change of policy" in Lebanon .

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Beaufort Castle. Photo: EFE

TheIsraeli Army has announced the takeover of Beaufort Castle, located in southern Lebanon and north of the Litani River, where Israel has extended its invasion in recent days, as well as attacks on the "Hezbollah infrastructure" on Sunday in the Lebanese city of Tyre and more towns in the south of the country.

"The operation began a few days ago, and many ground troops of the Israeli Defense Forces began operations to deploy the Advanced Defense Line , "the army statement states, justifying the invasion of the territory.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stated that the occupation of Beaufort Castle is a "crucial milestone" as well as Israel's "radical change of policy" in Lebanon .

"We have crossed the barrier of fear," Netanyahu added in a video message released from his office, in which he reported that, following the occupation of Beaufort, he has given "instructions to strengthen and expand Israeli control over the places under Hezbollah," without providing details of those sites.

During the 1982 invasion of Lebanon, Israel also seized Beaufort's youth and held him until 2000, when he moved away from southern Lebanon.


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