Israeli blows up 700 tonnes of explosives near Lebanon’s Unesco-listed Beaufort castle, claims destroying Hezbollah ‘terror tunnels’
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BEIRUT, July 31 — Israeli forces carried out a series of detonations overnight near the Unesco-listed Beaufort castle in southern Lebanon, Lebanese state media reported Friday,...
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“Israeli forces triggered very powerful explosions around midnight,” specifically “in the area of the Beaufort fortress,” the official National News Agency (NNA) said.
The Crusader-era castle, located in the southern area occupied by Israel, was added last week to Unesco’s List of World Heritage in Danger.
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- Jul 31, 2026
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