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How IDF Tanks Slipped Past Hizbullah to Take Beaufort Fortress
(Ynet News) Dov Eichenwald - Brig.-Gen. Yiftach Norkin led the capture of Beaufort fortress in May 2026. First, IDF forces began shaping the battlefield, clearing terrorists from the dense vegetation along the Litani River, especially on its southern bank. "For two weeks we worked to open an entirely new route through Wadi al-Man," Norkin said. "Hizbullah did not believe the IDF could get through the vegetation at that point, so they were not properly prepared." "For a week we broke through a hidden route. We crossed tank after tank, D9 after D9, without a road and without them seeing us. By morning, the tanks were on the Litani." It took another week to sweep the Litani area and clear it of terrorists.