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.

The IDF held the outpost until May 2000, when Israel withdrew its forces from southern Lebanon on the order of former prime minister Ehud Barak.

Now the IDF is back at the Beaufort, but this time there is a sense of conquest. Israel has changed a lot in the last two decades.

Following the IDF's return to Beaufort Castle, 26 years after the withdrawal from Lebanon, the director of the film 'Beaufort' addressed the symbolic significance of the move in…

Commentary: Capturing the strategic ridge may push Hezbollah fire farther from northern communities, but without a lasting plan, Israel risks either renewed attrition or another…

Analysis: The Beaufort ridge once offered a strategic vantage point over northern Israel, but in an age of drones and UAVs, its military value has faded, leaving behind a powerful…

From such high ground, the IDF can improve observation, strengthen forward defense of Israeli communities, and complicate Hezbollah’s efforts to move fighters, anti-tank teams,…

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…