His troops waylaid, Canadian Major Hart takes over military command of the U.N. forces stationed in Jadac on Saint Lazar's Day - the day the Christians plan to march their dead through the Muslim quarter. U.N. Military Observer Captain Kovacs risks her life to save two injured childred in a minefield.
The Muslim militia rearms and finds an unlikely hiding place for their cache of weapons. A mortar is fired into the square killing several Muslims and wounding George Titac. Captain Kovacs and the U.N.M.O.s investigate the attack as tensions mount. A surprise arrival in Jadac defuses hostilities and heralds a new dawn.