Israel captures strategic castle in Lebanon in deepest incursion in 26 years
Israeli forces have made their deepest incursion inside Lebanon despite a nominal U.S.-brokered ceasefire and the first direct Israel-Lebanon talks in decades. On Sunday, Israeli forces seized a symbolic fort in southern Lebanon, Beaufort castle, perched at over 3,000 feet above sea level.
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U.S. President Donald Trump says Israel and Hezbollah have agreed to dial back fighting after he held talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and communicated with the Lebanon-militant group through mediators. Trump announced the development Monday in a social media post following a call with Netanyahu. Israeli forces recently made their deepest incursion into Lebanon in more than a quarter-century. Trump's comments emerged after Israel's government ordered strikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut and as Hezbollah fired rockets at northern Israel, including the outskirts of the coastal city of Haifa.
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