With its sweeping panoramas of south Lebanon and flags rising over 1,000-year-old battlements, the footage Israel released last week of its troops seizing Beaufort Castle was intended to provoke awe and anger.
The Crusader castle is certainly an impressive landmark with a poignant history.
But while the eyes of invading Israeli soldiers will have undoubtedly been drawn to the vast basalt blocks of its ancient walls, some vestiges along the western ramparts may have also caught their attention: concrete bunkers.
Between 1982 and 2000, Israel maintained a permanent base at Beaufort Castle, one repeatedly shelled by Hezbollah during a guerrilla campaign that eventually forced the occupiers out.
A quarter of a century later, Israel has again established fortified military bases on vantage points in newly occupied land.
