Israeli and Golani Flags Raised Over Beaufort Castle in Southern Lebanon

by | May 31, 2026 | News

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Israeli troops have raised the Israeli flag and the Golani Brigade flag over Beaufort Castle in southern Lebanon, Defense Minister Israel Katz announced Saturday.

The castle, a medieval hilltop fortress overlooking the Litani River, holds deep significance in Israeli military history. In 1982, Golani soldiers captured it from PLO fighters in one of the opening battles of the First Lebanon War, killing dozens of enemy combatants. Six Israeli soldiers died in that engagement. Israel held the surrounding area throughout its eighteen-year occupation of southern Lebanon, withdrawing in 2000.

“Forty-four years after the heroic Battle of the Beaufort,” Katz said, “IDF soldiers, led by the Golani Brigade, returned to the summit and once again raised the Israeli and Golani flags there.” The announcement coincided with Israel’s memorial day for the First Lebanon War.

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