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By BP
Published on September 1st, 2024 at 4:51 p.m., Updated on September 1st, 2024 at 6:35 p.m
The funeral of Matan Meir, who died in Gaza on November 13th. JALAA MAREY / AFP
Several members of the very popular Israeli fiction found themselves on the front lines after the October 7 attack. The violence of the conflict did not spare them.
It is Israel’s flagship series. The one who in recent years with Tehran et The Shtisels , gave the Hebrew State’s productions the greatest visibility. The start of the third season, for example, was watched on television by more than a million viewers in the country, a particularly high audience rate.
Netflix, which has been broadcasting it since 2016, gave in Fauda an international echo. Last April, lead actor and co-creator Lior Raz took over as chairman of the jury at France’s Canneséries Festival. This story about infiltrated IDF soldiers in the West Bank (a plot that also earned it criticism) stood out for the quality of its action scenes and the truthfulness of the narrative. A fifth season was in preparation.
A serious operation
But after the October 7 attack, reality caught up with the series. A member of the production of Fauda died on November 13th. He was 38 years old. It was reported at the time that Matan Meir died after a tunnel explosion in northern Gaza The Times of Israel. He was responsible for organizing filming and worked on seasons 2 and 3 of the feature film. “We are heartbroken over this tragic loss.”we could read on the official Instagram account Fauda. “I feel devastated, there is no end in sight, we are living through the worst times in the history of this country.”One of the directors, Rotem Shamir, also stated at his funeral, AFP reported.
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Most recently, an actor in the series, Idan Amedi, was seriously injured. As a reservist in a technical unit, he had to undergo a serious operation. His life would no longer be in danger. In FaudaThis professional actor and singer played an elite IDF soldier named Sagi Tzur. “Idan Amadi is a true hero and from the first day of the war he decided to put everything aside and go to fight. First north, then south. We pray for his speedy recovery and are sure he will be fine.”assured X the other creator of the series, Avi Issacharoff.
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AFP interviewed the same Avi Issacrof after the death of Mata Meir. The “Reality is much more complicated than anything we wrote”, he had to remark. With his colleague Lior Raz, a former special forces officer in the Israeli army, who was inspired to create by his own experiences Fauda, the showrunner filmed himself in the days after the October 7th attack in the south of the country. The two men had reinforced the force of volunteers to help the recently grieving population.
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