# Fauda (2015)

> A retired Israeli undercover operative is drawn back into the field to hunt a Palestinian militant he believed he had killed.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/60916

## Facts

- Seasons: 5
- Episodes: 59
- Episode runtime: 43 min
- Status: Returning Series
- Genres: drama, action, thriller
- Created by: Avi Issacharoff, Lior Raz
- Network: yes
- Cast: Lior Raz, Netta Garti, Tsahi Halevi, Tomer Capone, Hisham Suliman, Shadi Mar'i, Yuval Segal, Doron Ben-David
- TMDB rating: 8.3/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4565380/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: breakneck
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: dense
- Violence: brutal
- Tone: tense, gritty, claustrophobic, harrowing

## What critics say

Viewers broadly acclaim Fauda as a gripping, nuanced thriller that humanizes both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict while delivering relentless action.

## Synopsis

Fauda (2015-present) is an Israeli television action thriller series created by Avi Issacharoff and Lior Raz. The engine of the series is Doron Kavillio, a top Israeli undercover agent played by Lior Raz, who comes out of retirement to hunt a Palestinian militant he believed he had killed. Netta Garti plays his wife Gali, whose home life is strained as his mission pulls him back into the field, while Hisham Suliman and Shadi Mar'i anchor the opposing side of the manhunt. Each season is a run of twelve or so episodes built around tightly staged covert operations, infiltrations, and reprisals across the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and Europe, with the chaos of one mission feeding the next. Its five seasons form one continuing serialized story in which the cost of each operation keeps growing. The tone is tense, gritty and claustrophobic, with an emotional register that leans on moral ambiguity and the strain of living in a conflict where every side has its own losses. The production has the feel of a grounded prestige thriller, with a bold, handheld realism that keeps viewers close to the operatives. Fans of Homeland, Tehran, and The Bureau will find resonance in its espionage, its serialized suspense, and its refusal to simplify a long conflict into heroes and villains.

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