Hamas looks to push its own narrative with new series to rival 'Fauda'
Hamas is producing a new series that will air during the month of Ramadan, with the aim to debunk the Israeli narrative of events in the Gaza Strip.
RAMALLAH, West Bank — The Gaza Strip will be on the Arab drama scene during Ramadan this year in the Hamas-backed “Qabdat al-Ahrar” ("Fist of the Free") series, which will air on more than 15 Palestinian and Arab satellite channels in April and May.
The 30-episode series starring a group of actors from the Gaza Strip has been in the works for around a year. Each episode lasts 40 minutes and aims to highlight the Palestinian narrative as opposed to the Israeli one and show the intelligence battle between the resistance factions in the Gaza Strip and Israel.
The series portrays the intelligence and informational expertise of the resistance, which outdoes the schemes of the Israeli security apparatus by highlighting a major intelligence event — namely, the infiltration of an Israeli cell sent to the Gaza Strip to abduct a prominent resistance leader, Saadi al-Attar, executive producer of the series, told Al-Monitor.
“The Israeli cell successfully abducts the leader, but it fails to leave the Gaza Strip after being exposed by the resistance. The latter then pursues the cell, eliminates it and liberates the abducted person. This is one of the plots in the series showing the mind war between the resistance and Israel and the resistance’s advanced expertise in intelligence and military plans through several real-life examples,” Attar said.
