Beaufort

The Beaufort Castle,

a twelfth-century Crusader fort,

has passed from hand to hand,

from army to army,

for hundreds of years.

Bloody battles have turned it into

a mythological symbol of bravery.

In 1982, on the first day

of the Lebanon War,

the Israeli flag was raised

on the mountain

at the end of a fierce

and controversial battle.

Eighteen years later,

in the wake of public protest,

the Israeli government decided

to leave Lebanon.

Incoming, incoming.

Impact, impact.

Get in,

it's not over yet.

Did you come to save us?

I'm Oshri.

The company sergeant.

This is Liraz, the outpost

commander. Welcome to Beaufort.

Ziv Faran. Bomb Squad.

- Nice to meet you.

Is it like this all the time?

- It was quiet until you arrived.

Impact. Impact.

See that doorway, over there? That's

the entrance to the protected area.

Sprint to it

and don't stop for anything.

Even if you hear, "Incoming,

incoming," keep running.

Got it?

Let's go. Get up.

Go. Run.

Got stuck?

Want to wait a moment?

No, it's okay.

Let's go.

Incoming, incoming.

Impact, impact.

Bardelas Leader,

what a guest!

Meet Ziv from the

Bomb Squad.

He'll hang around here for a few

days, to open the road for us.

Pavel, Robbie.

Pavel, go to the J-curve.

Right.

J-curve.

Have a seat.

That's the road...

- Can you see the device?

Not really.

It's around here.

Well hidden.

Bomb camouflage. They got

that from us. It's IDF. - May I?

Yeah, sure.

They put them there under

our noses. Ballsy bastards.

I don't know what blew up on

you, but this looks hot to me.

Impossible.

I was there. There was an explosion,

I saw it with my own eyes.

Could they have come back

and reset the device?

No. Impossible.

Robbie and Pavel have been

observing it since the event.

We have tapes.

Anything's possible.

We're ineffective in fog. We had

a few hours with no visibility.

Wait, what's the problem?

I don't get it.

The device has looked like this

for two weeks.

Your people have seen

all the pictures.

You drove us nuts in debriefing.

There's nothing new here.

Look, no one

has actually seen it.

We know nothing

about the parameter.

Chances are there's more than one

device. It's really dangerous.

Is that what they sent you for?

To tell us it's dangerous?

I know it's dangerous.

Believe me, I know.

I want to talk to my commander.

I think we should

cancel the operation.

What do you mean, cancel?

We can't stay here

with a blocked road.

We waited a month for you only

to hear that it's dangerous?

Look, I'm sorry

I have to disappoint you.

I know you guys

want to go home.

But... Kabarnit Procedure

isn't appropriate here.

I'm not doing it.

What do you mean,

you're not doing it?

Where did that come from?

It's dangerous.

It's not a game.

- Listen, Ziv.

You want to talk to your

commanding officer, fine.

Check with him, consult,

that's cool.

But "I'm not doing it?"

Where did that come from?

Who's asking you?

Liraz...

If you don't do it,

they won't cancel it.

They'll just bring in someone

else to do it in your place.

Do you have a red phone here?

Talk to whoever you want.

They know everything you do,

and they sent you here anyway.

Can I have a moment alone?

Come on.

Why don't they just send in

a D9 armored bulldozer?

Seriously.

Why send in a man on foot?

They want to investigate

the device, not blow it up.

It's rare,

to find a whole device.

Even so,

it seems totally crazy to me.

That's his job, Oshri.

Disposing of bombs.

What do you want?

They'll send him back home.

Wanna bet?

No way.

- I'm telling you.

Okay.

We're on.

Cigarette?

I don't smoke.

Want to start?

Ziv.

Ziv.

You awake?

Come on, let's go up

to the observation post.

Okay, give me a minute.

Ziv,

this is how you sleep

at Beaufort.

I'll wait for you up top.

No, thanks.

Don't let him get to you.

What was your name again?

Koris.

What's he like?

Do you guys like him?

Does it matter?

You're right.

Doesn't matter...

Liraz is exactly what the army

needs here now.

Someone who can't believe

they actually gave him the job.

Who's there?

- Ziv, bomb squad.

Ziv the bomb squad.

Come here,

let's have a look at you.

Have you seen Liraz?

I'm looking for him.

Liraz?

Not here.

Are you lost?

Where am I?

- Far away.

As far as you can get.

If you're here, it's by mistake.

Are you alone on watch here?

Shpitz, Ziv the bomb squad wants

to know if I'm here alone.

What's up, Ziv the bomb squad?

- Have you seen Liraz?

Why do you want Liraz?

What for?

Stay with us. We'll make you

a deluxe Beaufort toast.

Make you one? Pesto, cherry

tomatoes, Dijon mustard.

You like? - No, thanks.

He's waiting for me.

Good, because we're fresh out

of pesto and cherry tomatoes.

And mustard.

Say, bomb squad,

do they really teach you

to dismantle bombs?

How did you get to that unit, anyway?

Did you get there by mistake,

or did you want to go there?

Mostly by mistake,

but I'm not sorry.

You? Are you here by mistake,

or did you want to be here?

I wanted to be here.

That's the mistake!

Get it?

And what's it like?

Interesting?

What do you do here all day?

- Guard the mountain.

So it doesn't escape.

Have a nice shift.

Excuse me,

have you seen Liraz?

Soldier.

Soldier?

Soldier...

What happened, buddy?

What's that thing there?

There's a dummy there.

Yeah, reinforcements.

"Spooks." There are six of them

dispersed over the guard posts,

to attract fire.

Are you serious?

What happened?

Did you talk to it?

That's good.

It means they're doing

their job, no?

Okay, let's go up,

I'll show you the road.

A bit to the right...

Arnoon. The device exploded

exactly in the middle.

On the curve.

Can you see it?

Sorry about earlier,

at the observation post.

I shouldn't have yelled

at you like that.

It's okay.

What did your commander

tell you when you spoke to him?

That it has to be done.

There's no alternative.

And that I should be careful.

Look, I wasn't trying

to get out of the job, earlier.

I spent a year at HQ,

waiting for this.

Yeah, but come the moment of

truth, your balls start shaking.

That's the way it is.

No way around it.

My balls aren't shaking.

I said what I did

because it's really dangerous.

What exactly are you

going to do there?

We go together

to the evaluation point,

I observe the device

and then go in,

with a medic behind me.

I make sure there's no trip wire

or device that could explode,

and if not, I go to the device,

dismantle it and take it with me.

Did they drill you on this?

Dozens of times.

And what if the device

explodes?

It's not supposed to.

Tell me, do your parents

know you're here?

Of course not.

What for?

They know I'm on the northern

border, but not inside Lebanon.

My mother hasn't known

where I am since I was nine.

Afraid to ask.

And you?

If my dad knew I was here, he'd

come and take me out by force.

I'm serious. He wouldn't

let me out of the house.

So you guys are serious

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