‘Fauda’ Creator Says New Season Confronting Oct. 7 Attacks and Aftermath Is “Most Important Thing That We Ever Wrote”
The 11-episode season includes two episodes set on Oct. 7, 2023, as the fighters race to stop a new attack.
- Netflix premieres the 11-episode fifth season of Fauda today, Sept 8, 2026, featuring two episodes centered on the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks, with remaining episodes following characters two years later.
- Creators Lior Raz and Avi Issacharoff describe crafting this season as the most significant challenge of their careers; Issacharoff noted writers were "shaking" while writing the episodes centered on that day.
- Two years after Oct. 7, Fauda fighters embark on a deadly race to stop a catastrophic attack on Israel, forcing characters to confront the true cost of fighting what the synopsis calls the "war after the war."
- Amid ongoing boycotts and backlash regarding the Israel-Gaza conflict, the season premieres; Raz told the NYT he wants viewers to "love the show" and look in his character's eyes to see what they felt.
- The narrative ranges from Europe to Israel, with stops elsewhere in the Middle East, as characters navigate the long-term aftermath of the Oct. 7 tragedy while the plot steers clear of Gaza almost entirely.
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