A team of Israeli journalists from Army Radio conducted the first media tour of the Beaufort Castle in southern Lebanon since the IDF's withdrawal from the area. The tour, which used newly paved IDF routes through villages near the Litani River, observed extensive destruction in the first and second tiers of villages, while areas deeper in the country showed less damage.
IDF-paved roads now stretch for miles through southern Lebanon, passing destroyed villages and engineering vehicles, according to a Sunday tour by Army Radio journalists Moriah Asraf and Doron Kadosh — the first media visit to the strategic Beaufort Castle since Israeli forces withdrew.
The journalists traveled in an open Humvee along routes the military carved over several weeks. Damage was heaviest in the first and second belts of villages up to the Litani River; villages beyond the river showed significantly less destruction. The report highlighted both the operational mission still visible at the castle and the political constraints military officials face.
Earlier this month (June 13), The Zioneer reported on IDF ground advances in Tabnit and Majdal Zoun north of Beaufort. Subsequent reports (June 15, 17) documented residents returning to widespread ruin in Hezbollah strongholds and the Lebanese army's warnings about slow re-entry into border towns. The Sunday tour offered a direct ground-level look at conditions previously described anecdotally.
No details on future IDF operations or a timeline for full withdrawal from the area were provided in the briefing. The visit was arranged with military coordination and did not include access to all sectors of the castle.
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