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Jewish-Themed Streaming Service Donates Proceeds From Oct. 7 Attack Film to Help Kibbutz Be’eri Survivors
The bloodied aftermath of a kindergarten in Kibbutz Be’eri attacked by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7. Photo: Reuters/Amir Cohen
The streaming platform ChaiFlicks will release on Sunday the world premiere of a documentary about the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attacks and donate all streaming proceeds to a charity that helps survivors of Kibbutz Be’eri, one of the communities in southern Israel hit the hardest during the massacre.
ChaiFlicks, which launched in 2020 and is the world’s largest streaming platform dedicated to Jewish content, will donate all revenues generated from the film “Saving Dror” to the Yad B’Yad Be’eri Families program, which is organizing permanent housing for displaced Kibbutz Be’eri residents following the Oct. 7 atrocities.
Kibbutz Be’eri, which was established in 1946 and is near the Israel-Gaza border, was almost completely burnt down by Hamas terrorists, who killed about 130 people there — which is 10 percent of the kibbutz’s residents — and kidnapped 30 others. More residents died in Kibbutz Be’eri than any other Israeli community on Oct. 7, 2023. A day earlier, the kibbutz celebrated the 77th anniversary of its creation.
“Saving Dror,” from British award-winning filmmaker Jill Samuels, focuses on first-person testimony from Kibbutz Be’eri native and resident Sagi Shifroni, 41, who survived the Oct. 7 attack. Shifroni was born and raised in the kibbutz, and lived there with his wife and two children. Dror is the name of his six-year-old daughter.
Shifroni’s wife and son were not home when Hamas terrorists began attacking the kibbutz during the early morning on Oct. 7. His house was directly targeted by Hamas terrorists, who broke into his home, fired bullets, and then set the house on fire. Shifroni managed to escape with his daughter to another family member’s house, which was also targeted by Hamas later that day. He shared his story in “Saving Dror,” which will stream exclusively on ChaiFlicks.
“I hope this film will reach audiences around the world,” said Shafrani in a released statement. “Hopefully it will, in some way, help free my friends who are still in captivity and bring them home.” Samuels added that Shafrani’s “authenticity in his recall of the events of Oct. 7 moved me in such a profound way. I was determined to share it with the world.”
“We are truly humbled to be able to share Sagi’s emotionally gripping story with the world,” said ChaiFlicks co-founder Neil Friedman. “Raising awareness of these events and the ongoing crisis Be’eri and other communities are facing is integral to our work and our identity as a platform and as a people.”
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Kurdish-led SDF Say Five Members Killed During Attack by Islamic State in Syria
Islamic State slogans painted along the walls of the tunnel was used by Islamic State militants as an underground training camp in the hillside overlooking Mosul, Iraq, March 4, 2017. Photo: via Reuters Connect.
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Armed groups attacked personnel from Syria’s internal security forces in Sweida, killing one member and wounding others, and fired shells at several villages in the violence-hit southern province, state-run Ekhbariya TV reported on Sunday.
The report cited a security source as saying the armed groups had violated the ceasefire agreed in the predominantly Druze region, where factional bloodshed killed hundreds of people last month.
Violence in Sweida erupted on July 13 between tribal fighters and Druze factions. Government forces were sent to quell the fighting, but the bloodshed worsened, and Israel carried out strikes on Syrian troops in the name of the Druze.
The Druze are a minority offshoot of Islam with followers in Syria, Lebanon and Israel. Sweida province is predominantly Druze but is also home to Sunni tribes, and the communities have had long-standing tensions over land and other resources.
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Netanyahu Urges Red Cross to Aid Gaza Hostages
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference, in Jerusalem, May 21, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun/Pool
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