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Looks like Dayan and Golda underestimated them.

l could do without neighbors like that, anyway.

They're craftier than one thinks.

Why?

A surprise attack on Yom Kippur?

Nobody expected that.

What's wrong with this car? Can't it go faster?

We should've taken my bike.

No, a helicopter!

Listen, Weinraub, this is war. Real war!

And this time it's ours. We're the right age!

Drive, man, drive!

You stressed out?

l only buy second hand cars. On principle.

Because they're cheaper?

That's not it.

A car is for carrying people. Not to show social status.

You should read Marcuse. ''One-Dimensional Man''.

lt'd make you think.

Forget Marcuse. You just don't like new cars.

No.

We're all conned into buying

the latest model.

Marcuse says if we changed our consumer habits,

this'd be a better world,

and if we got rid of advertising,

we'd be less alienated by things we don't need.

Drop Marcuse. Drive! There's a war on!

Close your door!

Get on the side!

Let us through!

Move!

Watch out!

Where are you headed?

- What's going on? - You can't get through. Road's blocked!

OK.

- You won't get through. - We will!

Come forward!

Come on, let us through!

Move over! What's going on?

What are you doing here? Turn around! Get out!

The Syrians are coming!

- Move on! - To go where?

Go back to Metulla!

We have to go to Kuneitra.

- Are our troops firing? - Shut up! Turn around.

Get going!

Why Metulla?

Where do we go?

Go to Metulla! Get out of here fast!

What's going on?

l don't get it.

- What's going on? - Leave! The Syrians are here!

Where you going?

This silence is weird. l thought we were at war.

Our unit has left. There isn't even a sentry.

l'm starving.

This is better than being in your Fiat.

Complain!

l pick you up,

drive you straight to the front

and you still complain!

They've all gone. l never chased anyone this hard!

We don't have to report to our unit.

We really don't have to.

l'd rather be with them. But if we can't find them...

Too bad.

Let's try something else.

Listen...

Tanks are cramped.

They're slow and you're stuck with 4 guys, swallowing dust.

You can't even piss when you want to.

Get it?

Forget tanks.

The Air Force is a bit better organized.

Let's join an airborne rescue unit.

Helicopters!

lt's not right.

We'd only see the war from up high.

This silence is strange.

- Hi, l'm Keren. He's Oren. - Hi.

Hi Keren, Oren. You missed your train?

Wake up. You're not on vacation.

This is a military base. You forget, there's a war on?

- l was taking a shower. - l hope the water was hot!

- You, Oren, get to your post! - Yes, Lt.

Officers!

Wait for me in the Jeep!

Sorry. We were stuck in a traffic jam at Rosh Pina.

We're looking for our unit. We met back there,

- and you sent us here. - What happened back there?

Wake up, kids. There's a war on.

l have news for you. Your unit has left.

- l'll take you in mine. - What?

l said in mine.

We'll show those dumb Arabs!

They didn't learn from the other wars.

ln 2 days we'll be in Damascus. We'll destroy them!

Ginger, l need men like you.

Get your kit. And come back.

You, pal, get a haircut! And fast!

Cleaned your weapons? Answer me!

l want no surprises. This isn't a game now.

Give him two towels, in case he finds a shower...

Wake up, guys. Move it!

We're at war now!

Miss your mom already?

Get dressed fast!

Move it!

No smoking here!

Take off that hat! Make it snappy!

Can l have a sleeping bag?

- Got everything? - Yes.

- We have to report to that officer! - l don't trust him.

Why?

You want to follow him, charging to Damascus in 2 days?

Forget it!

We have to find the others.

We'll load our kit in the car and go.

l'm Klauzner, an Air Force doctor.

l'm headed for Ramat David,

to the airbase.

l've been here all night. My car broke down.

There are dead and wounded. l'm urgently needed.

We're looking for our unit.

Ramat David is over there. and the war's over there.

Yes, but it's urgent.

lt's urgent. l must get there.

He wants to go to Ramat David.

What do you say?

All right.

lt's fine with us.

Thanks a lot. l'll get my things.

Let's try and organize this mess.

We'll divide up into teams.

A pilot, a co-pilot, a mechanic,

a doctor if one's needed, medics, soldiers...

What's important...

Hi, doctor.

Hi, Noah.

- Gadassi, fill me in. - They're new boys.

Hi. Who are you?

Lt. Ruso, Sgt. Weinraub. We lost our unit.

We met the doctor...

and here we are.

Sit down.

l'll start over.

We're briefing people. To my right, Major Noah,

who's in charge of the rescue unit.

l'm Capt. Yoram, helicopter pilot.

We're trying to organize this mess.

And it's quite a mess.

Our unit has two essential duties:

evacuating the wounded and recovering shot down pilots.

When we're recovering pilots, we may be under enemy fire.

Don't forget that. lt's important.

We'll fly our missions in a Bell helicopter.

There's 6 on the base.

ln an emergency, we'll be backed by Sikorskys.

They enable us to evacuate up to 30 casualties.

The situation at the front is complex.

We've had heavy losses.

Visibility is bad, we can't fly.

Lt. Ruso, you're in charge of the combat teams.

lf you've got anything to say to your men, say it now.

He and l have been trained for missions like this.

lf we have the doc with us,

and maybe one other soldier,

we can be operational in an hour.

We can discuss the assignments, the teams etc.

after this briefing.

lf you have any questions, this is my team:

Kobi,

Lt. Kobi, co-pilot,

Kauchinski,

Shlomo Kauchinski, airborne mechanic.

That's all. Noah, got anything to add?

That's enough words. There's work to do.

l wish you good luck. Dismissed.

Evacuate him.

That one, too.

Where's the doctor?

Evacuate him.

Weinraub, wait for the doctor.

Go on, move.

Another one! Look, doctor. They're all dead here.

- We have to evacuate them, doctor. - There's nothing to evacuate.

- Evacuate him! - No point, he's dead.

Move him away.

- Evacuate him! - No, don't!

Go on, Gadassi, follow him.

Keep your heads down!

Run!

Follow him.

Klauzner, go on, run! Weinraub, your turn!

Where's the field hospital?

Over there!

- We've got to get there. - Show me where.

- Behind the eucalyptus tree. - By the truck?

Weinraub, check out the gate!

Form two groups. You and the pilot, that way,

Klauzner and Gadassi with me.

Go!

We're close. Weinraub, go look!

lt's all clear.

l'll go. Stay behind me!

You see anything?

Get down!

Gadassi, stay with Klauzner.

Doctor, how many casualties you got?

Get the kit! We have to intubate him.

Keep giving him mouth-to-mouth.

Klauzner, the unit doctor's here.

Change his bandages.

- l've got 7 casualties. - Who do we evacuate, doc?

l've got one amputee.

He's severely wounded.

Take him before he dies.

l've got one severely burnt, another there.

He's the amputee, evacuate him.

And those 5, too.

Not him, l said! Take one serious casualty! Hurry!

Put him down!

Ruso! Get him out in a hurry!

Watch his head.

Raise him!

Turn him around!

Easy does it, watch out!

l've got another 5 light casualties

unfit for combat.

- Not the light casualties. - There's more all the time.

Prepare 4 serious ones, there's no room for more.

Shut up, that's an order!

- Who do we take? - Him, him and him.

Hurry up!

Come back, l've got more casualties. Come back fast!

Can l bum a cigarette, doc?

Sure, here.

Thanks.

You don't look good.

These are tough days for everyone.

You lose your sense of time.

Each day lasts a century.

Today, we lost 4 Phantoms.

We've had heavy losses from the start.

Three pilots were killed.

A fourth is missing.

A childhood friend of mine.

l'm sorry. The truth is...

This time it's going badly.

l try not to think of it.

Were you in the war of 1967?

The last two days, l was sent into the Sinai.

But those were different times.

There was a kind of euphoria, a victory euphoria.

Sure we had losses, but nothing like this.

At the time l was in Belgium, in a hospital.

To me, a casualty's a casualty,

whatever the war.

For me the war, is getting them back home.

Didn't you want to be a fighter pilot?

No, my father and brother both were.

lt's a family tradition to be a pilot, to serve.

But you need an instinct that l don't have.

l don't get it, what instinct?

l can't explain it. A hunter's instinct.

A hunter's instinct? What does that mean?

The killer instinct.

That's what you need to be a fighter pilot?

ln my home they say the most dangerous thing

is to be one of the 3 worst pilots,

or one of the 3 best.

The 3 worst, you can see why.

As for the best, they start to get careless.

Got any news about your friend? Did he make it back?

We don't know.

Either he's a prisoner in Damascus...

Or...?

Or he isn't.

There's interesting stuff in the paper.

Like what?

Look at the headline in ''Ha'aretz''.

l don't read the papers,

l just look at the photos.

''An important news item: due to the state of emergency,

''fewer carbonated drinks will be distributed.''

How about that?

''All pilgrimages to Jerusalem and tours of the President's home

''are postponed.''

You saw the photo of the prisoner?

The Syrian prisoner.

- On the Golan? - Yes.

Listen to this.

''The University of the Negev informs all its students

''that all convocations for the fall of 1973

''are canceled until further notice.

''To all our called-up students and teachers:

''be strong and brave.''

- Hand me your tobacco, doctor. - Here, help yourself.

Thanks.

They're tough to roll.

Give it to me, l'll help you.

Don't feel too lonely?

My Belgian grandpa rolled 'em one-handed in the dark.

Your grandfather was Belgian?

- Mine was a banker in Milan. - ln Milan?

Yes. l thought you were Polish.

l'm half Belgian, half Polish.

My mother fled the Nazis in Poland. l was 2 years old.

We escaped to Belgium, to Brussels.

They caught her there. Before she was arrested

and sent to a camp, she entrusted me

to my adoptive family.

l grew up there. l never knew l was Jewish.

There you are.

Need a light?

Poor thing, when she returned from the camp, she looked for me.

When she found me, l didn't know her. My own mom.

l didn't want to go with her, so l stayed there.

And grew up in Belgium.

What happened to your mother?

She died six months later,

of a broken heart, it seems.

lt's strange.

l wanted to say how much l miss my girlfriend,

and you tell me the story of your mom and the Nazis.

At least you miss someone who's alive.

l don't know how you hold out.

This is hard for me. lf l'd known l'd see people so badly hurt...

Sometimes l think we're trying to escape from something

that will happen anyway.

But l've always felt that something up there

was smiling down at me...

Are you scared?

Scared of dying.

And tomorrow?

Like today. Same thing.

Just another day.

Good night, doctor.

l'm going out for a breather.

Good night.