What 2 UNIFIL troops did before they were ordered to retreat

This video was taken before two UNIFIL troops retreated to a village, as published on TV ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yKsiaGmdEM ). This is what peace maker army does, they are not allowed to use their weapon if both sides already in an active combat and they are ordered to retreat to the base.

Chronology told by a witness (User : ranggawulung08) :
There was gun fight between Lebanon (LAF) and Israel (IDF) at 12 pm after UNIFIL Indobatt tried to prevent the fight for 4 hours since 8 am.
When an escalation began, Israel gave shot 6 times by Merkava Cavalry 120mm. An Apache chopper shot 12.7mm 4 times and launched phosphoric bomb. A fighter jet shot the hill around them. Indobatt moved to another place since the LAF area was not safe.
This escalation ran for 3 hours. Two Indobatt troops were separated from their group, walked along 5 km, avoided phosphoric shower and entered Spain's operation area which was already empty.
Both tried to find a nearest UNIFIL base. A local drove them to UN POSN 7-1 Adhsit alQusayr. There was also a Portuguese soldier together with them in panic.

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