Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu celebrates the IDF’s recent capture of Lebanon’s historic Beaufort Castle and the surrounding strategic ridge, calling it “a dramatic shift” in Israeli policy as forces push deeper into southern Lebanon amid an expanding ground offensive against Hezbollah, APA reports citing Times of Israel.
“The capture of Beaufort is a dramatic stage and a dramatic shift in the policy we are leading,” Netanyahu says in a video message released by his office, adding, “Now my directive is to deepen and expand our hold on areas that had been under Hezbollah’s control.