The IDF on Sunday captured the Beaufort Castle, just outside the southern Lebanon city of Nabatiyeh, as Israeli forces moved deeper into the country than at any point in the last 25 years, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered a wider war.
The IDF has killed at least 72,803 Palestinians in Gaza since the genocide started in October 2023, and more than 172,855 people have been injured inside the enclave.
The IDF on Monday carried out new airstrikes across southern Lebanon and issued new evacuation orders following another deadly weekend as the U.S. and Iran tried to reach a peace deal that Tehran has insisted ends the fighting on all fronts.
Israel killed over 72,772 Palestinians since the genocide began in Gaza in October 2023.
The IDF, which has been tasked with making parts of Lebanon look like Gaza, partially demolished a Catholic convent on Saturday that once sat near the country’s southern border with Israel.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday ordered the IDF to begin conducting additional strikes on Hezbollah targets inside Lebanon after claiming that the group has been launching attacks on Israeli troops illegally in the country.
The IDF killed at least 72,560 Palestinians and wounded another 172,317, while thousands remain lost under the rubble. The Israelis have killed 770 since the so-called ceasefire was announced in October 2025.
The Israeli military has been accused by human rights groups and researchers of using white phosphorus during its war in southern Lebanon, drawing criticism because it is considered an incendiary weapon under international law and highly toxic to civilians.
Israel has killed at least 72,263 people in Gaza and more than 171,900 have been injured since the start of the genocide in October 2023.
The Israeli military announced on Sunday that its forces dropped at least 2,000 bombs across Iran in the first 30 hours of the war against Iran, which these officials said is more than half of what it fired during the previous 12-day war last summer, according to a report.