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Israeli Forces Seize 900‑Year‑Old Beaufort Castle Amid Lebanese Advance

Israeli Forces Seize 900‑Year‑Old Beaufort Castle Amid Lebanese Advance

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The Israeli flag was displayed above Beaufort Castle in Lebanon on May 31, while the Israeli military advised Lebanese civilians to evacuate a substantial area of southern Lebanon in preparation for intensified ground operations.

Israel Katz
Israel Foreign Ministry
1. Under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and my direction, the IDF expanded the operations in Lebanon, crossed the Litani River, and captured the Beaufort Ridge – one of the most important strategic points for defending the communities of the Galilee and safeguarding the security of our forces.
2. Forty-four years after the heroic Battle of Beaufort, and on this day commemorating the soldiers who fell in the First Lebanon War (1982), our troops have returned to the summit of Beaufort and once again raised the Israeli flag there.
Israel Defense Forces
1. From Beaufort Ridge, Hezbollah terrorists managed military and combat activities and carried out numerous attacks.
2. The operation began several days ago, during which a significant number of IDF ground soldiers commenced offensive operations aimed at expanding the Forward Defense Line.
3. The operation is focused on establishing operational control of the Beaufort Ridge and the Wadi al-Saluki area.
4. A significant number of IDF ground soldiers commenced offensive operations aimed at expanding the Forward Defense Line... The operation is currently expanding to additional areas.
Nawaf Salam
1. Do the negotiations come with guaranteed result? Certainly not. But it's the least costly path for our country and our people compared with today's alternatives.
2. Israel must know that its scorched earth policy, collective punishment and expropriation of villages and towns will not achieve security and stability but will instead deepen the divide with the Lebanese people.
Lebanese Ministry of Health
1. The Israeli enemy launched an airstrike in the vicinity of Hiram Hospital in Tyre, injuring 13 hospital staff members and causing significant damage.
Joseph Aoun
1. The liberation of the south is a duty borne by the state with the support of its people.
Benjamin Netanyahu
Israeli Government
1. The capture of Beaufort is a dramatic stage and a dramatic shift in the policy we are leading. We have broken the barrier of fear. We are taking the initiative, we are operating on all fronts -- in Syria, in Gaza, in Lebanon.
2. Today, we have returned to Beaufort in a different way. We have returned united, determined, and stronger than ever.
3. Our brave fighters captured the Beaufort outpost. They proudly raised the flag of the State of Israel and the flag of the Golani Brigade there.
Jean-Noel Barrot
France Foreign Ministry
1. Nothing can justify the prolongation of Israeli military operations in Lebanon and its increasingly deep occupation of Lebanese territory.
2. I have requested an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council because, while we recognise Israel's right, like that of all countries, to self-defence... nothing can justify the continuation of Israeli military operations in Lebanon and its ever-deeper occupation of Lebanese territory.
Oren Avman
Israel Defense Forces
1. What happens tomorrow? The day after tomorrow? What happens when the soldiers remain there for another week or two? Where are the convoys bringing logistics? How do you provide them with water and ammunition? How do you protect them against IEDs and explosive drones? And that is why the romance of the images from Beaufort will turn, within days, into strategic stagnation.
2. The conquest of the ridge is tactical excellence that covers up strategic helplessness. From the point of view of the United States, Iran and Lebanon are tied to each other by an ancestral bond.

Israeli Forces Seize 900‑Year‑Old Beaufort Castle Amid Lebanese Advance

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