Israeli army captures strategic castle in Lebanon in deepest incursion into the country in 26 years
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Israeli troops have captured a strategic mountain topped with a Crusader-built castle in southern Lebanon in the deepest incursion of the country in more than a quarter-century, the military said Sunday.
The capture of Beaufort castle, near the city of Nabatiyeh, came after days of airstrikes and intense fighting in nearby villages where Israeli troops fought Hezbollah members in the rugged area.
Its capture marks a major development in the latest Israel-Hezbollah war, which began on March 2 when Hezbollah fired rockets into northern Israel two days after the U.S. and Israel attacked its main backer, Iran.
Israel has since launched a ground invasion, capturing dozens of Lebanese villages and towns close to the border. Hezbollah has launched thousands of missiles and drones at Israeli soldiers in southern Lebanon and northern Israel.
The Israeli push came despite a nominal ceasefire that has been in place since April 17 and just days before the next round of direct talks are set to be held at the State Department on June 2 and 3 between Lebanon and Israel.
KlausKreutz@reddit
The way this is described it gives the impression it is a conventional war, but really it is just them subjugating and taking over territories of countries that cannot resist or fight back. It is like taking a chocolate bar from someone in a wheelchair, but I guess congratulations to them. Maybe they can go up against Turkey if they want to be so cool
Check_Me_Out-Boss@reddit
If Hezbollah cant fight back, they shouldn't have tried to start an incursion.
Firecracker048@reddit
I mean it also ignores the fact that Israel is only there because Hezzbollah decided to launch hundreds of rockets in support of Iran thinking that Israel wouldn't fight back.
fifthflag@reddit
I mean it also ignores the fact Hezbollah was created especially to repel Israel from Lebanon.
Firecracker048@reddit
Which Israel was only in, in the first place because the PLO was operating out of Lebanon and Lebanon wasn't doing Jack shit about it.
NewAccountEachYear@reddit
Guess who prevented the state from building a military capable of outing the Hezbollah?
Firecracker048@reddit
The Arab league
NewAccountEachYear@reddit
Wrong.
The US and Israel. London Review of Books podcast for your information
fifthflag@reddit
On today's episode of Hasbara vs. Reality
Firecracker048@reddit
Anything negative about hezzbollah, Hamas, Iran, etc is just Hasbara. Clearly.
fifthflag@reddit
I wonder who pushed the Palestinians from their lands into foreign lands, ah yes... Israel
Magjee@reddit
Everyone in the region should leave to make it easy for them
/s
This is a country forced onto the region by outside powers that was birthed with the violent displacement of 700,000 people and has fucked between forcing more people out and playing the victim when they resist
Kahing@reddit
Ok so in that case you're basically confirming everything Israel's saying about its enemies' intentions is true and therefore its actions are in fact justified if it wants to keep existing.
Firecracker048@reddit
The only playing victim here is the foreign occupying army in Lebanon and their supporters thinking they have no consequences for their actions
Magjee@reddit
Hezbollah are Lebanese
They have foreign backing, but there are a local militia
Firecracker048@reddit
A local militia that is full of Iranian commanders, training and equipment?
Magjee@reddit
The majority makeup is Lebanese
And if the arms visible on the combat footage are accurate, the majority of equipment is generated in country
By your logic the IDF is just America fighting in the middle east
Much closer to a foreign occupying power operating with an entitled feeling they are free from consequence
BioSemantics@reddit
Actually what happened is that the Israel and the US started an illegal war of choice with Iran and Hezbollah merely moved to support their ally, Iran. No one falls for your zionist framing any more.
Silver_Middle_7240@reddit
Eh, kind of. Lebanon can't resist Israels invasion into its northern regions because it's already lost control ovdr it to hezbollah
NewAccountEachYear@reddit
Guess why that happened?
Who could've prevented the Lebanese state from building a military capable of subjugating the Hezbollah?
HockeyHocki@reddit
If you honestly think Israel would be in Lebanon right now were it not for Hezbollah you're lost in the sauce
AwkwardTal@reddit
Turkey is a next target for them after Iran
Opening_Pizza@reddit
Israel is inevitably going to end up like that crusader castle.
artquestionaccount@reddit
It's also more than just "captures". From other reports and videos online, it looks like they were also air striking the castle. So they've destroyed a massive amount of what is a very old and historic castle built in the 1100s.
Of course, Israel has a long history of damaging the castle and just building over it. They did so after taking it in the 1982 Lebanon war.
Local cultural groups had been doing their best to restore it since then, with UNESCO naming it one of the 34 enhanced cultural sites of Lebanon in 2024.
And now here we are again, with Israel destroying most of what's left.
gonna-see-riverman@reddit
Oh yeah - The Battle of Beaufort castle marked a turning point in the march ... what a bunch of bullshit, it's just an unguarded ruin of an old castle. And it's the top headline everywhere as if it's of any significance. You have a $1 trillion+ US-funded army storming through a defenseless impoverished area after having severely bombed the shit out of innocent civilians living there, murdered 1000s and displaced over 1M.
Just to put a positive spin on their dark and dangerous ambitions to expand their borders and claim more awesome historical places as their own.
Freud-Network@reddit
That's what American military does. They don't fight enemies who can fight back.
Lumpy-Valuable-8050@reddit
So true lol "strategic castle" strategic when? 11th century? 😂😂😂
SomeDumRedditor@reddit
Strategic how? Controlling elevated terrain is still good for defence and broad observation but this is an advanced military funded by USA. Controlling a hilltop fortified with 12th? century stone is not a strategic maneuver.
More like “IDF continues to implement the Greater Israel plan as it captures more Lebanese territory including regional historical landmarks.”
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