UNIFIL patrol tense border; Hezbollah stronger since it fought IDF in south during war

Описание: (12 Jul 2007) SHOTLIST
Maarake', South Lebanon - July 11, 2007
1. Wide of Maarake' village
2. Mid of UNIFIL peacekeeper monitoring
3. Pan of Italian military base in Maarake'
4. UNIFIL peacekeepers listening to a briefing
5. Mid of UNIFIL officer explaining on a map
6. Close of map
7. UNIFIL peacekeepers getting out of a tent
8. Various of troops walking
9. Captain Francesco Mataresse walking
10. SOUNDBITE (English), Captain Francesco Mataresse, Italian Battalion 1:
"Right now the main obstacles as we saw last month are the possibilities of terrorist attacks, as regards the other elements we had a good collaboration from everyone."
11. Cutaway Italian badge
12. SOUNDBITE (English), Captain Francesco Mataresse, Italian Battalion 1:
"The mission is day by day accomplished by all the units of UNIFIL and the increasing number of the soldiers has improved the presence of UNIFIL on the terrain and this is the basic element to solve the situation in this area."
13. Various of armoured personnel carrier (APC) moving
14. Various tracking shots in South Lebanon
15. Various of UNIFIL peacekeepers patrolling on foot
Aadaisse, Border town with Northern Israel - July 11, 2007
16. Wide of UNIFIL convoy passing in Aadaisse village
17. Hezbollah and Amal movement flags
18. SOUNDBITE (Arabic), Abbas Ali Mohammad, grocer in southern town of Aadaisse:
"The situation is very bad and people are paralysed, nobody knows what is going to happen and where to go. The economy is dead, no electricity, no liquidity and there are fears."
19. UNIFIL APCs passing near Metula settlement (Israeli settlement)
20. Hezbollah flag
Beirut - July 12, 2007
21. Nawar Al-Sahili walking
22. SOUNDBITE (English), Nawar Al-Sahili, Hezbollah Member of Parliament:
"After what happened last year the army that was a legend was defeated by a bunch of small groups who are attached to their land and who really wanted to protect Lebanon and who defeated one of the biggest armies in the whole region. So I think now if they will think about any war or attack on Lebanon or going to invade Lebanon they (Israel) will have to count a lot maybe to a (m) million or one (b) billion (US Dollars) and the resistance still be ready to protect Lebanon, all Lebanon and all the Lebanese people."
South Lebanon - July 11, 2007
23. Various of UNIFIL APCs convoy
STORYLINE:
Tension is till rife in the border areas and towns where southern Lebanon and Northern Israel meet on the first anniversary of the 34 day conflict with large swaths of Lebanon still in ruins and as rival factions struggle for control over the embattled country.
In the south, UN peacekeepers are still reeling from the loss of six soldiers in a June car bombing. Sunni Muslim radical groups suspected in the attack are now also accused of firing two rockets at Israel, an incident that has raised fears of a flare-up on the volatile border.
However, Hezbollah denied involvement and Israel quickly asserted its belief that a small Palestinian splinter group was responsible - both sides seemingly loathe for the next round of hostilities to recommence.
Maarake' is a small village near Tyre, a city devastated by ferocious Israeli shelling during the war, where the Italians have built a huge base for their troops as part of the UNIFIL peacekeepers in South Lebanon.
Francesco Mataresse, a captain from the Italian Battalion 1 regiment expressed his fears in the wake of last month's attack on the Spanish troops in South Lebanon.
Hezbollah, itself, has seen its stock and profile rise in the last year, as well substantial internal opposition to it.

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