Under the Bombs Page #2

to ask for a supplement.

One minute you disappear,

the next you want extra...

- It's going to last long?

- 50 dollars.

No more.

Better safe...

And if we need to go anywhere else?

For that price?

I'll take you to the moon.

The civil defence are recovering

bodies from under the rubble

in the villages of

Sifra and Halloussie.

More than 50 bodies

could still be buried

under the devastation.

Would you care for some music?

I have some Fayrouz,

Wadih Safi or Oum Koulsoum...

I even have some Boney M.

It's good Boney M.

Is it extra?

No, it's part of the package!

Sorry Madam, it's an old cassette.

That's where I'd like to go.

When I get some money.

I have a plan with my brother.

To open an oriental restaurant.

The Germans will love it.

They find our food exotic!

I'll be gone ten minutes, no more.

You'll find me easily.

Ask for Tony,

everybody knows me here.

Tony!

If I lose you,

I won't know where to go.

You're not going to lose me, Madam,

you won't.

They went without warning.

We didn't expect it.

They left.

Right after the ceasefire.

They were just waiting

on the doorstep,

ready to get back home.

- Tell me about Joseph.

- He wants to come back.

And end up in prison

because of f***ing politics.

Listen... Prison, I know.

Homesickness drove me back.

Bloody homesickness!

You say that

because you don't know.

- He talked about me?

- All the time. He misses you.

And the twins?

Bless them! They are ten

and at primary school.

They speak Hebrew

as if they were born there.

Jews and us, we're the same.

Same look, same face...

same mould.

Shopkeepers like us,

only richer.

Ten years old!

How long is it since

you've seen your village?

Ten years.

You're afraid of going back?

They are still recovering

bodies from the rubble

and clearing the southern suburbs

and many places in the South.

The Lebanese Red Cross

recovered 16 bodies

in Taibe and Adaisse.

It's my aunt's house.

They are martyrs -

Hussein Nasrallah, Nazha Nasrallah...

Is this what's left of it?

Kacem Hazouri, Ali Souli,

Hanu Marmar and his wife Fatme,

Mhamed Karim,

their daughter Aya.

It's that way!

Up there, on the right.

Here!

A bomb has also gone off

in Zaltar-West,

killing one person,

Ali Khalil Turkiya,

whose body was transported

to hospital in Nabatiy.

The army announced this morning

that military units are still

counting the unexploded munitions

left behind by the Israeli army...

No...

No, they weren't inside.

Dear Lord...

Tell me they weren't in.

Maha!

Karim!

Dear Lord,

tell me they weren't inside!

Who are you looking for?

- I'm Maha's sister.

- Her sister?

She was inside?

Answer me!

- Was she inside?

- You have to be strong.

Your sister's a martyr.

She's in paradise.

Don't be afraid. Don't cry.

In paradise?

Don't cry.

Be proud of her.

And my son, Karim?

Was he with her?

- He's your son?

- Yes! You've seen him?

- He's safe.

- Is it true? You've seen him?

- Karim is your son?

- Yes.

Karim looks like you.

We played together.

Journalists took him.

Where to?

- What's your name?

- Ali.

- Where's Karim?

- With the journalists.

- Which journalists?

- French.

Tell me the truth Ali.

- Where did they take him?

- To Tyre.

Where in Tyre?

You're sure?

Did you see him

with your own eyes? Is he alive?

Your son's alive.

Calm down.

Don't cry.

Maha, my dear Maha!

- Maha, my darling.

- Calm down.

Maha, my darling Maha.

Why you, why?

She wasn't the only one.

You were so peace loving!

If only I'd been with you!

Where are you taking me?

Where are we going?

Where is my sister?

I left without finding out?

And my son?

Where is he?

With the French, but where?

I know about my sister.

But my son?

We drove on without finding out.

You know nothing!

You don't care.

All you care about

is your 50 dollars!

Now you've got your money!

The day's over, you can go.

It's OK, you can go!

That's it?

You've destroyed the bridges.

We have mended their hearts.

Hezbollah

Good afternoon.

- Miss Zeinab, how are you?

- Fine.

- Can I come?

- Yes.

- No cluster bombs?

- No.

- Are you sure?

- Just walk normally.

That's the way I walk.

Hello, how are you?

Well, any news?

Everything's all right?

- You recognise me?

- Yes.

You're the taxi driver?

- It's your house?

- All my family lived there.

Now, there's no one left.

My uncle lived here.

There, that's our flat.

That's my room, there.

A broken vase, even stuck back,

it still shows.

Yes, the hatred keeps growing.

What's happened?

The poor woman is distraught.

Where is her sister's body?

No one is buried here

because of the air strikes.

- But where are they?

- In a communal grave, in Tyre.

The ambulance took her.

- You're sure?

- Provisionally to Tyre.

- Where exactly?

- Near the barracks.

Some people come

to recover the bodies.

To bury them again.

Really?

Are you interested?

I have some.

I have a box of tranquillisers.

- You give it to us?

- Yes...

Aid or...

Almost aid.

At cost price.

How are you, Ali?

Tell me, how old are you?

Eleven.

You've seen all the war?

Two wars.

I've seen two wars.

You saw two wars?

- Which ones?

- 1996 and 2006.

How old were you in 1996?

- Three months.

- Really. Which one was the hardest?

- This one, by far.

- Why?

It lasted 33 days,

the other only 16.

Tell me what happened.

With Karim,

we hid in this shelter.

For more than three days,

the bombing didn't stop.

Karim was very sad

because his aunt was dead.

He asked me once,

"'When will she be back?"

I said, "Come on,

we'll play with Tarek. "

So he'd forget his aunt

and stop crying.

- Were you afraid?

- Yes.

Tarek was coughing

because of the dust.

- It was everywhere.

- Who's Tarek?

He's dead.

He was Karim's age.

They were always together.

There was so much dust that

he was coughing and choking.

His mother decided to go

and get it.

- Get what?

- The asthma medicine.

He went with her,

he didn't want to stay alone.

Just then

we heard a great bang.

It was the building.

People were screaming,

"We'll be buried alive. "

And Karim?

He wanted to bring Tarek back,

he only had him.

I ran after him,

to hold him back

but he disappeared

in the smoke of the bombs.

And the cars came.

- Which cars?

- The ambulances.

There were two ambulances,

a Jeep from the TV,

a car and a van.

- He went into the Jeep.

- You saw him?

I saw him

in the middle of the smoke.

A man almost tore the jacket

his father bought him in America.

- Which man?

- One of the French journalists.

Where did they go?

There were so many bombs

they went in all directions.

That's Tarek's house.

Poor Tarek,

that's where he died.

It's not five star, but it's OK.

I've brought clients before.

I hope they have

some rooms left.

Good evening.

I'd like two rooms.

The best you've got.

It's for the Lady.

She's had a long trip.

- You pay in advance.

- You pay in advance.

How much?

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