Key facts
- Hezbollah released video of drone attacks on Israeli soldiers near Beaufort Castle.
- The Israeli military recently captured Beaufort Castle in southern Lebanon.
- The video shows FPV drones hitting a building and an IDF Humvee.
- Beaufort Castle is a 900-year-old medieval fortress and a key vantage point.
Hezbollah, a militant group based in Lebanon, has released a video depicting its kamikaze drones attacking Israeli soldiers in the immediate vicinity of Beaufort Castle, a historic medieval fortress in southern Lebanon. The Israeli military recently captured the 900-year-old castle, which they have hailed as a significant accomplishment and signaled intentions to push deeper into Lebanese territory. The castle, a key vantage point, previously housed an Israeli military base for two decades during its occupation of southern Lebanon. The video features two FPV drones, one of which hits a building where Israeli servicemen were sheltering, while another UAV hits an IDF Humvee. Oded Ailam, a former head of counterterrorism for Israel's Mossad and researcher at the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs, has weighed in on the clashes. The latest round of hostilities between the IDF and Hezbollah has been marked by a sharp increase in the latter's use of FPV drones, which have become a challenge for the Israeli military.