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(Share)         (https://www.google.com/preferences/source?q=https://www.jpost.com/)      Follow us on Google     (Lior Raz and Mélanie Laurent in season five of Fauda.) (Lior Raz and Mélanie Laurent in season five of Fauda.)   Lior Raz and Mélanie Laurent in season five of Fauda. (photo credit: COURTESY OF YES )    By (https://www.jpost.com/author/maariv-online) MAARIV ONLINE    SEPTEMBER 14, 2026 02:11   The fifth season of the Israeli television series (https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/culture/article-908169) Fauda  sparked controversy and a new understanding of the October 7 massacre around the world after it devoted several episodes to October 7, with episodes 7 and 8 focusing specifically on the Hamas-led attack.   Both episodes received a 9.3 rating on IMDb, sparking widespread reactions on social media. Within a day of its release on Netflix, the series had already ranked seventh among the platform’s 10 most watched shows in 43 countries.   Israeli social media influencer Lee Malach wrote: “My entire feed is filled with tweets from Dutch and German people; I have no idea why, about the October 7 episodes of ‘(https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-907658) Fauda  .’ They are in total shock over what happened here, and the posts are difficult to read and very supportive of Israel. It is crazy to me how little these people know about what happened here and how much they talk about the subject.”  Show brings new understanding of massacre   Brazilian cartoonist Luciano Pires wrote: “I watched the fifth season of ‘Fauda .’ It has always been an unsettling series. But the fifth season is particularly shocking and painful. Episodes 7 and 8 recreate the (https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-908470) October 7 massacre , making them far more difficult to watch than a fictional drama. After all, we have all seen dozens of real videos from the attack, many of them filmed by the terrorists themselves, and they were horrifying enough. But this time, the fictional work takes us directly into the horror.”  Pires also reflected on what filming the scenes may have meant for the show’s Israeli cast and crew.   (Lior Raz (left) with Melanie Laurent and Yaakov Zada-Daniel in a scene from season five of Fauda.)  Lior Raz (left) with Melanie Laurent and Yaakov Zada-Daniel in a scene from season five of Fauda. (credit: COURTESY OF YES, CREDIT ELIA SPINOPOLOS)    He continued: “I was genuinely horrified, not only by watching the massacre through the eyes of the victims, but also by thinking about the Israeli actors, many of whom are Jewish. The image accompanying this post shows actor Yaakov Zada Daniel, who plays the operative Eli, as he enters his home in a kibbutz attacked by Hamas terrorists. It is a breathtaking moment. He was not acting out a scene about a distant tragedy; he was recreating on camera an event that struck his country, his family, his friends, and the series’ own production team. Idan Amedi, an actor in the series, was seriously wounded during the fighting in Gaza. Matan Meir, a member of the production team, was killed in the war.”  Pires concluded: “Perhaps that is why these episodes have a different quality. They do not feel like an attempt to imagine the horror. They take us directly into it.”  The episodes also prompted strong reactions from viewers in Italy. One man wrote: “I could barely keep my eyes open.” Another woman wrote: “Yesterday, a friend called me and told me the same thing. She added, ‘Who knows, perhaps this series will help people understand the atrocities committed by Hamas on October 7.’ And I replied, ‘I’m afraid it won’t.’ P.S. My friend is neither Jewish nor Israeli, but she is free and knows how to use her own mind.” Some users also shared real footage of the massacre in southern Israel in their replies.   An influencer from India wrote: “Sleepless nights. Can someone please erase my memory of this episode?? I can’t stop thinking and worrying. Episode eight of ‘Fauda’ really disturbed me. I don’t understand how there are still Hamas supporters among us. God, please help me get over this series.” Another user responded: “I am a huge fan of ‘Fauda’ and of Israel, but I don’t have the courage to watch the fifth season.”  Viewers argue series only showed small portion of attack  A different user from (https://www.jpost.com/international/article-907149) India argued that the series had shown only a small portion of the violence committed during the attack.   The user wrote: “Contrary to claims that the fifth season of ‘Fauda ’ went too far, I think it is remarkably restrained. The series offers only a small glimpse into the atrocities of October 7. The reality was far more disturbing: murder, abductions, sexual violence, brutal abuse, torture, and the deliberate targeting of innocent civilians.   “It spared viewers descriptions of women who were gang raped and burned alive, families who were tied together and whose bodies were dismembered, the killing of pregnant women and children, the sexual desecration of bodies, the mutilation of genitalia, and horrific injuries suffered by children. Many children were also abducted, including infants as young as nine months old. Kfir Bibas was only nine months old when he was kidnapped; he was later murdered in captivity alongside his four-year-old brother, Ariel. The series did not show fathers who had kerosene poured over them and begged for their lives moments before being set on fire as their attackers laughed.”  The user continued: “No film or television series can truly recreate the horror of such a pogrom. ‘Fauda’ is a fictional work, but it draws inspiration from real events. October 7 was not a fictional story; it was a real tragedy, and the victims deserve to be remembered as events truly occurred.”  A woman from the UK responded: “I just finished watching episodes 7 and 8. This will stay with me forever. What Israelis went through... and the world simply does not care.”  A social media user from Texas asked his followers whether they had watched the season and what they thought of it. Responses included: “Well made, but heartbreaking. Not for the faint of heart,” and “Episodes 7 and 8 are simply unforgettable.”  He concluded: “It seems that episodes 7 and 8 of ‘Fauda ’ moved everyone; it looks like a phenomenal season, as usual.”     See more on (https://www.jpost.com/tags/gaza) Gaza |  (https://www.jpost.com/tags/hamas) Hamas |  (https://www.jpost.com/tags/fauda) Fauda |  (https://www.jpost.com/tags/israeli-tv) Israeli TV |  (https://www.jpost.com/tags/the-october-7-massacre) The October 7 Massacre    (https://www.google.com/preferences/source?q=https://www.jpost.com/)      Follow us on Google           Related Articles (https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-908544) (PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to many empty seats at the UN General Assembly.) (PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to many empty seats at the UN General Assembly.)  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