Israeli soldiers have captured a strategic hilltop crowned by the Crusader castle of Beaufort in southern Lebanon, the Israeli military announced on Sunday, part of the most sweeping Israeli invasion in the country in decades. The seizure of Beaufort, while hailed by Israel’s top leaders, also evoked bitter memories in both countries of the repeated battles fought there during the nearly two-decade Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon. Israel finally withdrew in 2000 after a bloody insurgency