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Israel’s Yes Studios Confirms ‘Fauda’ Season 5 to Begin Filming Next Month
The cast of “Fauda.” Photo: Ronen Akerman
Israel’s longest running action series “Fauda” is officially in pre-production for its fifth season and will begin filming at the end of April, yes Studios announced on Wednesday.
The new season of the highly popular, award-winning series will be filmed in Israel as well as overseas and will follow the “Fauda” team as they embark on a private mission. Details about the cast and storyline for the new season have not yet been revealed to the public.
Filming for season five was on pause until now due to the Israel-Hamas war that began after the deadly terrorist attacks that took place in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. One of the show’s cast members, singer and actor Idan Amedi, was injured in January 2024 while fighting in the Gaza Strip during the war as a reservist in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) but has since recovered. “Fauda” crew member Matan Meir, 38, was killed in action in November 2023 while fighting in Gaza as an IDF reservist.
Season five of “Fauda” will be led by season four director Omri Givon (“Hostages”) and written by Omri Shenhar (“Tehran”). “Fauda,” which means “chaos” in Arabic, was created by Lior Raz and Avi Issacharoff and is based on their life experiences. The show is produced by yes TV and L. Benasuly Productions for yes TV, and yes Studios handles the series’ international distribution.
The fifth season will mark 10 years of “Fauda” airing in Israel and around the world on the Netflix streaming service. The new season is expected to premiere on yes TV in Israel in early 2026, and shortly afterward it will be available for worldwide viewing on Netflix.
“In February 2015, ‘Fauda’ premiered on yes TV and in the past ten years we’ve seen this series grow and become a worldwide phenomenon,” said Sharon Levi, managing director of yes Studios, in a released statement. “We can’t think of a better way to commemorate this anniversary than by bringing ‘Fauda’ back for another season to be enjoyed by its dedicated fans all over the world.”
“Fauda” follows a team of Israeli undercover agents as they hunt down terrorists on various missions. The team is led by the character Doron (played by Raz) and in the fourth season, Doron returns from retirement to hunt for a Palestinian terrorist he thought he killed. The operation takes the team around Lebanon, the Israeli city of Ramla, Brussels, and the Palestinian city of Jenin in the West Bank.
Season four of “Fauda” premiered on Netflix on Jan. 20, 2023, and made it on Netflix’s top ten list of the most watched non-English shows around the world less than a week after its debut.
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After False Dawns, Gazans Hope Trump Will Force End to Two-Year-Old War
Palestinians walk past a residential building destroyed in previous Israeli strikes, after Hamas agreed to release hostages and accept some other terms in a US plan to end the war, in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip October 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa
Exhausted Palestinians in Gaza clung to hopes on Saturday that US President Donald Trump would keep up pressure on Israel to end a two-year-old war that has killed tens of thousands and displaced the entire population of more than two million.
Hamas’ declaration that it was ready to hand over hostages and accept some terms of Trump’s plan to end the conflict while calling for more talks on several key issues was greeted with relief in the enclave, where most homes are now in ruins.
“It’s happy news, it saves those who are still alive,” said 32-year-old Saoud Qarneyta, reacting to Hamas’ response and Trump’s intervention. “This is enough. Houses have been damaged, everything has been damaged, what is left? Nothing.”
GAZAN RESIDENT HOPES ‘WE WILL BE DONE WITH WARS’
Ismail Zayda, 40, a father of three, displaced from a suburb in northern Gaza City where Israel launched a full-scale ground operation last month, said: “We want President Trump to keep pushing for an end to the war, if this chance is lost, it means that Gaza City will be destroyed by Israel and we might not survive.
“Enough, two years of bombardment, death and starvation. Enough,” he told Reuters on a social media chat.
“God willing this will be the last war. We will hopefully be done with the wars,” said 59-year-old Ali Ahmad, speaking in one of the tented camps where most Palestinians now live.
“We urge all sides not to backtrack. Every day of delay costs lives in Gaza, it is not just time wasted, lives get wasted too,” said Tamer Al-Burai, a Gaza City businessman displaced with members of his family in central Gaza Strip.
After two previous ceasefires — one near the start of the war and another earlier this year — lasted only a few weeks, he said; “I am very optimistic this time, maybe Trump’s seeking to be remembered as a man of peace, will bring us real peace this time.”
RESIDENT WORRIES THAT NETANYAHU WILL ‘SABOTAGE’ DEAL
Some voiced hopes of returning to their homes, but the Israeli military issued a fresh warning to Gazans on Saturday to stay out of Gaza City, describing it as a “dangerous combat zone.”
Gazans have faced previous false dawns during the past two years, when Trump and others declared at several points during on-off negotiations between Hamas, Israel and Arab and US mediators that a deal was close, only for war to rage on.
“Will it happen? Can we trust Trump? Maybe we trust Trump, but will Netanyahu abide this time? He has always sabotaged everything and continued the war. I hope he ends it now,” said Aya, 31, who was displaced with her family to Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.
She added: “Maybe there is a chance the war ends at October 7, two years after it began.”
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Mass Rally in Rome on Fourth Day of Italy’s Pro-Palestinian Protests
A Pro-Palestinian demonstrator waves a Palestinian flag during a national protest for Gaza in Rome, Italy, October 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Claudia Greco
Large crowds assembled in central Rome on Saturday for the fourth straight day of protests in Italy since Israel intercepted an international flotilla trying to deliver aid to Gaza, and detained its activists.
People holding banners and Palestinian flags, chanting “Free Palestine” and other slogans, filed past the Colosseum, taking part in a march that organizers hoped would attract at least 1 million people.
“I’m here with a lot of other friends because I think it is important for us all to mobilize individually,” Francesco Galtieri, a 65-year-old musician from Rome, said. “If we don’t all mobilize, then nothing will change.”
Since Israel started blocking the flotilla late on Wednesday, protests have sprung up across Europe and in other parts of the world, but in Italy they have been a daily occurrence, in multiple cities.
On Friday, unions called a general strike in support of the flotilla, with demonstrations across the country that attracted more than 2 million, according to organizers. The interior ministry estimated attendance at around 400,000.
Italy’s right-wing government has been critical of the protests, with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni suggesting that people would skip work for Gaza just as an excuse for a longer weekend break.
On Saturday, Meloni blamed protesters for insulting graffiti that appeared on a statue of the late Pope John Paul II outside Rome’s main train station, where Pro-Palestinian groups have been holding a protest picket.
“They say they are taking to the streets for peace, but then they insult the memory of a man who was a true defender and builder of peace. A shameful act committed by people blinded by ideology,” she said in a statement.
Israel launched its Gaza offensive after Hamas terrorists staged a cross border attack on October 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people and taking 251 people hostage.
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Hamas Says It Agrees to Release All Israeli Hostages Under Trump Gaza Plan
Smoke rises during an Israeli military operation in Gaza City, as seen from the central Gaza Strip, October 2, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas
Hamas said on Friday it had agreed to release all Israeli hostages, alive or dead, under the terms of US President Donald Trump’s Gaza proposal, and signaled readiness to immediately enter mediated negotiations to discuss the details.