“Hezbollah says fighting ongoing with Israeli troops near strategic castle Hezbollah said on Monday that its fighters were still battling Israeli forces nearby Beaufort Castle, south Lebanon. The group said in a statement that its fighters were in a "battle of attrition against forces of the Israeli enemy army who are present in the area". On Sunday, Israel announced the capture of the 900-year-old Beaufort Castle and the strategic ridge surrounding it in southern Lebanon, deepening its footprint in the country beyond the demarcation zone known as the "Yellow Line".
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