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Police were called to reports of shots being fired in Sydney's south-west.

Officers set up a perimeter around the home in Burley Road, Horsley Park.

They were told shots were fired just before before 2pm.

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APolAir helicopter, Public Order and Riot Squad, Dog Unit, Tactical Operations Unit (TOU) were also summoned.

Two vehicles were stopped near the property and police spoke to seven people, with occupants made to lie on the floor by armed police.

A 47-year-old man was arrested at a house on the property and is assisting police.

Nobody was hurt.

She accused her son of eating food she had prepared for the week and of taking money.

SH25 is closed in both directions between Whitipirorua Rd and Aileen Place.

Police say the 61-year-old called 111 while drinking and making threats.

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

The capture of Beaufort castle near the city of Nabatiyeh came after days of intense fighting and airstrikes in nearby villages where Israeli troops fought Hezbollah members in the rugged area.

The capture of the castle marks a major gain for Israel since the latest Israel-Hezbollah war began in early March and as the two countries that have been in a state of war since Israel was created in 1948 hold direct talks in Washington.

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The Israeli push came despite a nominal ceasefire that has been in place since April 17.

The Israeli army’s Arabic spokesperson Avichay Adraee posted a photograph on X showing Israeli troops walking outside the castle. Israeli troops previously captured the castle in 1982 and held it until they withdrew from Lebanon in 2000.

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The Israeli military said in a statement that it launched an operation a few days ago in the Beaufort Ridge and the Suluki valley further south with the aim of dismantling Hezbollah infrastructure and removing "direct threats to Israeli civilians.”

The statement said the army is ready “to expand the operation if needed.”

Israeli troops have been advancing for days in villages close to Beaufort castle after crossing the Litani River, which the Israeli military previously used as a de facto boundary.

They are now about five kilometres from the city of Nabatiyeh, a major centre in southern Lebanon.

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There was no immediate comment from Hezbollah or the Lebanese government on the Israeli push.

The latest Israel-Hezbollah war began on March 2, when Hezbollah fired rockets into northern Israel two days after the US and Israel attacked its main backer, Iran.

Israel has since launched a ground invasion, capturing dozens of Lebanese villages and towns close to the border.

It has left 3,350 people dead in Lebanon and over 1 million people displaced.

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