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Israeli troops seize strategic castle in Lebanon during deepest incursion in decades

Israeli troops have captured a strategic mountain topped with a Crusader-built castle in southern Lebanon in the deepest incursion into the country in more than a quarter-century, the military said Sunday.

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According to PBS News’s source item, Israeli troops seize strategic castle in Lebanon during deepest incursion in decades, Israeli troops have captured a strategic mountain topped with a Crusader-built castle in southern Lebanon in the deepest incursion into the country in more than a quarter-century, the military said Sunday.

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