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,
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.
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
Make you one? Pesto, cherry
tomatoes, Dijon mustard.
You like? - No, thanks.
He's waiting for me.
And mustard.
Say, bomb squad,
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,
I make sure there's no trip wire
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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