Beaufort Ridge Seized

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 Sunday.

1. Frame 1Israel puts troops on captured Beaufort Ridge in southern Lebanon, forcing residents and border security into a new pressure point.
2. Frame 2The castle near Nabatiyeh followed days of airstrikes and village fighting between Israeli forces and Hezbollah militants.
3. Frame 3Crossing the Litani River made the castle seizure Israel's deepest Lebanon incursion in 26 years.
4. Frame 4Netanyahu called Beaufort a dramatic policy shift and told forces to expand control of Hezbollah-held areas.
5. Frame 5Israel Katz said troops would remain in a security zone while Hezbollah keeps firing drones and missiles.
6. Frame 6Tuesday's Washington talks become the next test, with U.S.-brokered peace hopes facing Israel's expanded security-zone plan.