Channel 14 is broadcasting an exclusive feature on the Beaufort Castle in southern Lebanon, which returned to IDF control for the first time in 26 years, according to the channel's announcement. The program includes exclusive footage of journalist Hillel Bitton Rosen embedded with soldiers of the 75th Battalion, who recaptured the outpost, and interviews with company commanders who led the assault and soldiers now preparing for ongoing operations in the northern sector.
Channel 14 aired an exclusive feature on the Beaufort Castle on Thursday evening, following an earlier announcement of exclusive footage of journalist Hillel Bitton Rosen embedded with the 75th Battalion at the recaptured outpost. The feature includes interviews with company commanders who led the assault and soldiers preparing for continued operations, as the IDF maintains control of the strategic ridge in southern Lebanon.
The Beaufort Castle, a Crusader-era fortress captured by the IDF in late May 2026, marked the deepest Israeli ground incursion into Lebanon in over 25 years. As The Zioneer has reported, the surrounding ridge housed a vast underground tunnel network funded by Iran, which the IDF has been dismantling. The feature highlights the symbolic and tactical significance of the site, which had been under IDF control from 1982 until the 2000 withdrawal.
The feature is part of ongoing Israeli media coverage of the northern front, where the IDF continues to operate against Hezbollah infrastructure.
2 developments
- DevelopingIsraeli journalists conduct first media tour of Beaufort Castle since IDF withdrawal from Lebanon
- DevelopingIDF reasserts control of Beaufort Castle, says forces stay
- DevelopingReport from Beaufort Castle: IDF's southern Lebanon security zone poses major topographic challenge
- DevelopingIDF publishes footage of Hezbollah weapon cache at Beaufort Castle
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