Current sectionIsrael NewsIsrael SecurityIsraeli media and officials hailed the IDF flag over Beaufort Castle, but the symbolism obscured harder questions about the Lebanon campaign: what it achieves strategically, what was learned from past operations, and how Hezbollah's evolving drone threat continues to inflict casualties on troopsShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeAmos Harel06:39 AM • June 01 2026 IDTToo many people in the Israeli media have learned nothing and forgotten nothing. On Sunday morning, all it took was the publication of a single image – Israeli and Golani Brigade flags flying over Beaufort Castle in southern Lebanon – to completely sideline the necessary conversation about the state of the current war in Lebanon.Loading...CommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Israel-Iran Live UpdatesBeaufort CastleHezbollahGazaIsrael ElectionsOctober 7HaQuizHaaretz PodcastNostalgia Over Beaufort Masks Lebanon War's Hard QuestionsFor the First Time Since Cease-fire: Sirens Sound in Tiberias and SurroundingsMan's Body Found in Central Israel Grove in Suspected Murder'Hebrew Blood on Plain and Highland': The 106-year WarIsrael Is Not Ready to Build a Netanyahu-less FutureRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIIsrael Orders Unprecedented Seizure of Religious Site From Palestinian Authority'Israelis Are More Genocidal Than You Think': The 'Counter Hasbara' of Andrey XIsrael 2026 Election Poll Tracker: The Latest ProjectionsUN Report Accuses Israeli Forces of Rape, Sexual Abuse of Palestinian DetaineesPentagon Leaks Signal U.S. Effort to Blame Israel for Risks of Renewed Iran WarAfter October 7, More and More Americans and Britons Are Choosing Judaism. Why?