The Israeli war on Lebanon has ended after lasting
for about 33 days. Each side returned to find a cure for its trauma.
Lebanese children came back to their houses but they didn't forget
those days of bombardments, explosions, and buzzing of planes.
Nada's mother from Al-Nabatya said she was afraid
for her daughters from the Israeli bombing, so during bombardment she
used to put them in one corner of the house and hug them all the time.
Al-Hasan's father narrated how he took his sons far
away and returned to his village to defend it. We talked with
Al-Hasan, who is 5 years old, and he said, "Israel is evil and we
will defeat it because they are enemies of God."
Battol, 13, saw the bridge bombed in front of her
eyes. She panicked and tried to flee from this scene that she will
never forget. Battol wishes for children all over the world "not
to live the moments of fear and dread" she lived.
However, Lial, 13, had three of her family
martyred. She misses them so much. She says, "I love them, they
used to play with me and bring me gifts. I became afraid of death who
took them away."
Football
Muhammad Umar, Shehab, Ali Almalah, and Khaled all
returned to their houses and adopted one of the undamaged streets as a
football playground. None of them is more than 11 years old.
Nevertheless, Muhammad Umar says that he played football before the
war and during the war and after the war, and he doesn't fear Israel
and salutes the resistance who defeated it. Then Hasan, 6, joined in
the conversation saying, "Playing football is a good sport which
makes us forget our sorrow and the grief of war."
Also Khaled from Beirut says that he plays football
despite the invasion of Lebanon because he loves football and doesn't
fear Israel. They all agreed on Ronaldo the Brazilian player to be the
best and beloved player.
In the southern suburb of Beirut, a girl stood on
Al-Manar TV debris remembering the huge 8-story building that was here
few days ago. She talked about the oppressive power and the barbaric
act that converted the building into rubble and debris.
And in Harek district, a man carried his son on his
shoulders and entered the house, in spite of devastation in the
district. The man didn't forget to joke with his son and a big smile
appeared on their faces.
