Israeli army captures strategic Crusader-built castle in Lebanon

Israeli troops have captured a strategic mountain topped with a Crusader-built castle in southern Lebanon in the deepest incursion into the country in more than a quarter-century, the military said on Sunday.The taking of Beaufort Castle, near the city of Nabatiyeh, followed days of air strikes and intense fighting in nearby villages between Israeli troops and Hezbollah militants.The capture marked a major Israeli advance in the latest Israel-Hezbollah-war" class="entity-link entity-event" data-entity-id="112320" data-entity-type="event">Israel-Hezbollah war, which began on March 2, when Hezbollah fired rockets into northern Israel two days after the US and Israel attacked its main backer, Iran.