Israeli troops captured the 900-year-old Beaufort Castle and the strategic Beaufort Ridge in southern Lebanon, a major advance against Iran-backed Hezbollah despite a ceasefire announced more than six weeks earlier. Heavy Hezbollah fire on Saturday prompted school closures and restrictions in northern Israel. The operation aimed to establish control of the Beaufort Ridge and the Wadi al-Saluki area while degrading Hezbollah’s militia and infrastructure on the ridge directed by Iran. One Israeli soldier was killed. The capture provides an overlook over southern Lebanon and northern Israel from which attacks have been launched toward Israeli residential areas. Israeli forces also operated near Nabatieh, a major Hezbollah stronghold, while Hezbollah carried out numerous attacks from the ridge, including launch infrastructure used for hundreds of projectiles toward Israeli civilians and IDF soldiers.
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