QANA, Lebanon, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Green olive branches, which resembles peace, were planted in front of every fresh gravestone in southern Lebanon's Qana, a village known for a deadly Israeli bombardment which killed at least 27 local civilians on July 30.

    This means we Lebanese are eager for peace, Qana villagers told Xinhua correspondents who were at a fresh grave yard of 29villagers, including 27 died in the July 30 incident and two Hezbollah guerrillas killed in fighting with Israel.

    The Israel-Hezbollah conflict, which broke out on July 12following the capture of two Israeli soldiers by Hezbollah during cross-border raids, came to a cease-fire on Aug. 14 thanks to the UN Resolution 1701.

    Over 1,000 Lebanese and 157 Israelis have been killed in the 34-day-long conflict. Most of the Lebanese bodies were buried in makeshift coffins hastily due to Israel's constant bombings.

    After the frangible truce, the bodies of the victims could eventually be received by their family and returned their home.

    Among the villagers, there is a family of a killed Hezbollah fighter with name of "Hassan" given only.

    Hezbollah is regarded by the United States and Israel as a terrorist organization. But the guerrilla fighters are seen as heroes for many Lebanese in the south.

    No crying, no sadness, Hassan's family members exhibited great calmness over the loss of their beloved one.

    "There's no need to cry for a martyr like Hassan, because he died for Allah. It's a glory for us," said his second elder brother Gareb.

    "Hassan was buried there, in the front of the graveyard, so that he is close to Allah," Hassan's third elder brother Hidar said, pointing at a fresh graveyard before their house. Talking about the condition of Hassan's wife, Gareb replied that she is OK, adding that "she had prepared inwardly, because she knew well her husband's cause."

    Gareb continued to say that Hezbollah would cover all the life expenses of Hassan's family, including the education expense of his three children.

    As Gareb was talking, Hassan's eldest son Ali came and sat down between his two uncles.

    When asked about his feeling about his father's death, the 8-year-old boy frowned and said in a low voice that "I feel painful", adding that "when I grow up I would be a Hezbollah fighter like my dad."

    Hassan was not the only one in this family died for Hezbollah. his eldest brother was killed many years ago also in a fighting with Israeli army.

    Different from Gareb and Hidar, Mohammed Qassim, 38, sit before his neighbor's house woodenly, holding the portraits of his 7family members who also died in the July 30 horrible incident.

    "Yesterday I buried my family. Now I have nothing but their pictures," Qassim muttered, gazing at the portrait of his two-year-old daughter, who is looking from the picture in big watery eyes with curiosity.

    Although there has been a cease-fire between the fighting sides, retaliation is deep rooted in hearts of both sides and people are wondering whether a long-lasted peace can eventually come down to the Qana village and to the south Lebanon as a whole.

    Before leaving Qana village, Gareb told Xinhua reporters that "we don't know whether you can see us or not when you come here next time, because one of us may have died in the fighting with Israel too." Enditem