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New IDF footage shows troops capturing Beaufort Castle in south Lebanon
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The IDF publishes footage of troops of the Golani Brigade capturing the strategic Beaufort Castle in southern Lebanon.
This morning, the military announced that in recent days it had launched a ground operation in the Beaufort Ridge and Wadi Saluki stream area, “to destroy [Hezbollah] infrastructure and eliminate terrorists, as part of strengthening operational control in southern Lebanon and removing the direct threat to the Galilee Panhandle and Metula,” as well as to “expand the forward defense line.”
Soldiers crossed the Litani River’s 90-degree bend, just across from the border community of Metula, and advanced toward the castle, which overlooks the Galilee Panhandle in northern Israel, as well as the Nabatieh area in southern Lebanon.
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