The Sons of Eilaboun

The Sons of Eilaboun Arabic is a 2007 documentary film by Palestinian artist and film maker Hisham Zreiq Zrake, that tells the story of the Nakba in Eilaboun and Eilabun massacre, which was committed by the Israeli army during Operation Hiram in October 1948. The film tells the story of the Palestinian exodus of 1948 in Eilaboun, a village in the Northern Galilee between Nazareth and the Sea of Galilee. In the incident, fourteen men were killed and twelve of them were executed. The villagers were expelled to Lebanon and became refugees for few months, before managing to return clandestinely.

The film starts with Melia Zreiq, an old woman from Eilaboun, saying I hope God will bring peace to this land, and let the peoples live together a good life. I hope there will be peace. Historian Ilan Pappe talks about Plan Dalet, a plan that David BenGurion and the Haganah leaders in Palestine worked out during autumn 1947 to spring 1948. Pappe discusses the details of the plan, and how was it carried out. On October 30, 1948, the Israeli army entered Eilaboun at approximatelyAM. They then forced the villagers together in the main square of the village. They chose seventeen young men. Five of them were taken as human shield, and the rest of the twelve were killed, each in a different location. This all happened after the expulsion of the rest of the village to Lebanon, where they became refugees after a five days forced march to Lebanon. After a United Nations peace keeper observed and reported Israel was forced to allow the people back.The film won the AlAwda award in Palestine 2008, and was screened in several festivals and events, such as ........

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