Commentary: The Beaufort ridge still overlooks the Galilee Panhandle, but drones no longer need a mountaintop observer to threaten Israel; retaking symbolic ground may lift morale, but it does not solve the north’s deeper security crisis

Israeli control of the strategic ridge gives the army leverage and fire superiority near Nabatieh, but any lasting shift depends on Washington, Beirut and Tehran

He warned that those who will pay the price of holding the ridge will be the soldiers and Israeli citizens living in the north.