{"id":83181,"date":"2026-05-31T07:29:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T11:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=83181"},"modified":"2026-05-31T07:29:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T11:29:29","slug":"israel-captures-mountain-castle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/israel-captures-mountain-castle\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel Captures Mountain, Castle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From AP:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/15f251b\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/2034x1330+0+0\/resize\/599x392!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F2f%2Fed%2Fb71335cc0aced579c6141036afd3%2Fad9752044d81412787525cf3c9fe27fd\" alt=\"FILE -Villagers inspect the damage to Beaufort Castle, 10 kilometers (6 miles) northwest of the southern market town of Nabatiyeh, Lebanon, Wednesday, May 24, 2000. (AP Photo\/Ahmed Mantash, File)\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Israeli troops have captured a strategic mountain topped with a Crusader-built castle in southern Lebanon in the\u00a0<span class=\"LinkEnhancement\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/lebanon-israel-hezbollah-gaza-airstrikes-5c4421bef28c5860a438c2892bc2983b\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">deepest incursion<\/a> <\/span>of the country in more than a quarter-century, the military said Sunday.\u00a0The capture of Beaufort castle, near the city of Nabatiyeh, came after days of airstrikes and intense fighting in nearby villages where Israeli troops fought Hezbollah members in the rugged area.<\/p>\n<p>Its capture marks a major development in the latest Israel-Hezbollah war, which began on March 2 when Hezbollah fired rockets into northern Israel two days after the U.S. and Israel attacked its main backer, Iran.<\/p>\n<div class=\"gsp_post_data\" \r\n\t            data-post_type=\"post\" \r\n\t            data-cat=\"news\" \r\n\t            data-modified=\"120\"\r\n\t            data-created=\"1780212569\"\r\n\t            data-title=\"Israel Captures Mountain, Castle\" \r\n\t            data-home=\"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From AP: Israeli troops have captured a strategic mountain topped with a Crusader-built castle in southern Lebanon in the\u00a0deepest incursion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-83181","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83181"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83182,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83181\/revisions\/83182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}