A former prime minister who led Israel out of Lebanon fears mistakes are being repeated
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An Israeli flag hangs from a building in an area occupied by Israeli troops in southern Lebanon, Thursday, July 9, 2026. The Israeli military invited reporters on a tour of the strategic mountain topped by the Crusader-built Beaufort Castle months after launching a ground invasion that captured dozens of Lebanese villages and towns in southern Lebanon. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)An Israeli soldier rides in a military vehicle past destroyed buildings in an area occupied by Israeli troops in southern Lebanon, Thursday, July 9, 2026. The Israeli military invited reporters on a tour of the strategic mountain topped by the Crusader-built Beaufort Castle months after launching a ground invasion that captured dozens of Lebanese villages and towns in southern Lebanon. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)Israeli soldiers walk at the entrance to Beaufort Castle in southern Lebanon, Thursday, July 9, 2026. The Israeli military invited reporters on a tour of the strategic mountain topped by the Crusader-built castle months after launching a ground invasion that captured dozens of Lebanese villages and towns in southern Lebanon. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)FILE.- A long line of Israeli armoured personnel carriers and their crews wait on a street on the outskirts of Beirut, on July 27, 1982, for the order to proceed into the capital. (AP Photo/Max Nash,File)FILE.- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak kneels as he comforts Shoshi Malchi mother of Tzahi and his grandmother at their home in Metula, Feb. 1, 2000. Tzhai is one of three Israeli soldiers that were killed in a Hezbollah attack on an Israeli outpost in south Lebanon. (AP Photo/Eyal Warshavsky,File)
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An Israeli flag hangs from a building in an area occupied by Israeli troops in southern Lebanon, Thursday, July 9, 2026. The Israeli military invited reporters on a tour of the strategic mountain topped by the Crusader-built Beaufort Castle months after launching a ground invasion that captured dozens of Lebanese villages and towns in southern Lebanon. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)