Israel captures strategic Crusader-built castle as incursion into southern Lebanon deepens

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : And Israel's far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said he would "continue to demand and advance a doctrine of permanent territorial control and exceptional military aggressiveness...
50% : The castle is a UNESCO-protected medieval fortress that Israel last held 26 years ago.
50% : Photos released by the Israel Defense Forces on Sunday show Israeli troops on the ground near the Beaufort Castle in southern Lebanon.
50% : It was also one of 34 Lebanese cultural properties that UNESCO granted provisional enhanced protection -- the highest level of immunity against any attack or usage for military purposes -- in late 2024, after Israel's ground invasion of Lebanon.
49% : * Israel has captured the historic Beaufort Castle in southern Lebanon after days of fierce fighting with Hezbollah. *
43% : Israel has in recent days expanded its operation, pushing deeper into Lebanese territory, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday that Israeli forces have crossed the Litani River, which runs around 15-20 miles (30 kilometers) north of Israel's border.
39% : The castle was the site of intense fighting between the Israeli military and the Palestine Liberation Organization in 1982 when Israel occupied southern Lebanon.
37% : "This is a clear message to our enemies: anyone who threatens Israeli civilians will lose their strategic assets one by one," Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said Sunday.
36% : * Israel has deepened its incursion beyond Lebanon's Litani River in recent days, despite a ceasefire agreed in April.
36% : The intensifying combat between Israel and Hezbollah may put at risk any agreement between the United States and Iran, which is insisting that it include a ceasefire in Lebanon.

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