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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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Report: IDF Probes Whether Houthis Used Iranian Cluster Bomb-Bearing Missile
Houthi leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi addresses followers via a video link at the al-Shaab Mosque, formerly al-Saleh Mosque, in Sanaa, Yemen, Feb. 6, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah
i24 News – The Israeli military said Saturday it launched a probe into the failure of its defenses to fully intercept a missile launched by Yemen’s Houthi jihadists, parts of which struck not far from the Ben Gurion airport on Friday night.
According to the Ynet website, one of the hypotheses being examined is that the projectile contained cluster munitions, similar to those used by Iran to fire at Israeli cities during the 12-day war in June. Cluster munitions pose a challenge to interceptors as they disperse smaller explosives over a wide area.
In June, Iran fired several missiles carrying scattered small bombs with the aim of increasing civilian casualties.
The IDF said on Saturday that its initial review suggests the ballistic missile from Yemen likely fragmented in mid-air. Five interceptors from various systems engaged with the missile, including THAAD, Arrow, David Sling & Iron Dome.
Authorities said that shrapnel impacted a house in the central Israeli moshav of Ginaton, yet no one was hurt, with the fragment landing in the house’s backyard.
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Iran Forces Kill Six Militants, IRNA Reports, Israel Link Seen
The Iranian flag is seen flying over a street in Tehran, Iran, Feb. 3, 2023. Photo: Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS
Iranian security forces shot dead six militants in a clash in southeastern Iran on Saturday, a day after armed rebels killed five police officers in the restive region, the official news agency IRNA reported.
IRNA said evidence showed the group was linked to Israel and may have been trained by Israel‘s Mossad spy agency. There was no immediate Israeli reaction to the allegation.
Another two members of the militant group were arrested, the report said. All but one of the militants were foreign, it added, without giving their nationality.
Iranian police said this month they had arrested as many as 21,000 suspects during the 12-day war with Israel in June.
Iran’s southeast has been the scene of sporadic clashes between security forces and armed groups, including Sunni militants and separatists who say they are fighting for greater rights and autonomy.
Tehran says some of them have ties to foreign powers and are involved in cross-border smuggling and insurgency.
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Benny Gantz Urges Time-Limited National Unity Government to Further Chances of Hostage Deal
Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz attends his party’s meeting at the Knesset, Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, June 27, 2022. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun
i24 News – Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz on Saturday called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and opposition politicians to form a temporary national unity government to further the chances of bringing home the hostages held in Gaza.
Addressing Netanyahu, Yair Lapid and Avigdor Liberman, Gantz said that the proposed government’s two supreme priorities would be the release of Israeli hostages held by the jihadists of Hamas and instituting universal conscription in Israel by ending the exemption from military service enjoyed by the ultra-Orthodox.
Upon attainment of the goals, the government would dissolve and call an election.
“The government’s term will begin with a hostage deal that brings everyone home,” Gantz said in a video address. “Within weeks, we will formulate an enlistment outline that would see our ultra-Orthodox brethren drafted to the military and ease the burden on those already serving. Finally, we will announce an agreed-upon election date in the spring of 2026 and pass a law to dissolve the Knesset [Israeli parliament] accordingly. This is what’s right for Israel.”