Israeli war trophies on display at makeshift Lebanon museum [Parts of Dead Jews]

HANINE, Lebanon (AFP) - Strawberry jam, bullets and a lock of human hair. These are among the mundane and macabre war trophies displayed at a makeshift roadside museum in this southern Lebanese village.

Somebody has laid the items out neatly on the cement driveway in front of a garage. A fence made from two rows of string is designed to keep people from getting too close.

A yellow flag of the Hezbollah Shiite militia flies over one corner of the display, and Hezbollah posters are stuck to a wall above a collection of seized Israeli food: cans of tuna and corn stacked with small packets of strawberry jam resting on top. There are large plastic bottles of Aqua Nova water, candy bars and packages of what looks like meat.

The rest of the display is not as appetizing.

A burned helmet contains a lock of hair. A second helmet cradles unidentifiable ashes while a third is attached to a radio set, apparently from a tank.

At least 119 Israeli soldiers died in their 34-day war with Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. The militia called it a victory but the war also killed 1,287 Lebanese, mostly civilians. A ceasefire has been in effect since August 14.

Much of the display consists of burned pieces of clothing. Three pairs of boots are still intact.

"Look this," a young man says in broken English after approaching from a nearby mosque. He holds up a pair of uniform trousers.

One leg has been severed.


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