The United Nations security council is due to hold an emergency meeting later tonight to discuss Israel's expanded military offensive in Lebanon - after Israeli forces captured the medieval Beaufort castle, which they last seized 44 years ago.
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The Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu called it a "decisive shift" in the battle against Hezbollah - but France, which called for the UN meeting - said it was "unacceptable".
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