Archive · 23 Sep 2026
Fauda’s Fifth Season Brings October 7 Aftermath to Arab Audiences
Fauda is an Israeli action series about people caught in conflicts.
Its fifth season tells a story shaped by the October 7, 2023 attack.
The creators changed much of the season after the attack happened.
Lior Raz said making the season was a kind of therapy for him.
The show does not try to change everyone’s opinion.
Instead, it shows how Israelis experienced the events.
People in several Arab countries have also watched it.
It became especially popular in Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia.
Some people connected to the show were personally hurt or killed during the conflict.
Fauda’s fifth season premiered in Israel in May and was released globally on Netflix on September 8.
The season was substantially rewritten after the October 7, 2023 attack and is set two years afterward.
The series reached number one on Netflix in Lebanon and entered the Top 10 in several Arab countries.
Fauda ranked second in Jordan, third in Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, and eighth in Saudi Arabia.
Crew member Matan Meir was killed in Gaza, while actor Dian American was seriously injured during military service.
- Who
- Fauda creators Lior Raz and Avi Issacharoff, along with the series’ cast and crew.
- What
- The fifth season of Fauda focuses heavily on the aftermath and trauma of the October 7, 2023 attack.
- When
- The season premiered in Israel in May and was released globally on Netflix on September 8; the story is set two years after the attack.
- Where
- The season was filmed in southern Israel and Budapest and became popular across several Middle Eastern countries.
- Why
- The creators decided the series could not ignore an event that had transformed Israel and the region, and Lior Raz described making it as a form of therapy.
- Series
- Fauda
- Season
- Fifth season
- Israeli premiere
- May
- Global release
- September 8 on Netflix
- Lebanon ranking
- Number one on Netflix
- Other rankings
- Number two in Jordan; number three in Egypt and the United Arab Emirates; number eight in Saudi Arabia
- Production locations
- Southern Israel and Budapest
- Real-life losses
- Crew member Matan Meir was killed in November 2023, and actor Dian American was seriously injured in January 2024