[[{"content_id":364980,"content_number":0,"portal_id":2,"lang_id":"en","content_title":"Hamas TV series glorifies fight against Israel","content_rtitr":"","content_short_title":null,"content_summary":"The 30-episode series, titled \"Fist of the Free,\" presents the fighters as heroes outwitting a better-armed Israeli military.","content_summary_fill":1,"content_body":"The Palestinian resistance fighters scrambled out of the tunnel and attacked an Israeli tank in broad daylight as gunfire and explosions echoed across the Gaza frontier.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nThis time it wasn't the start of another war, but an action scene filmed for a TV series produced by Hamas movement.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nIt's the latest such production by the media arm of Hamas, which has invested heavily in its offerings despite a crippling Israeli-Egyptian blockade on Gaza.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nThe shows are aired on Hamas-run TV, and "Fist of the Free" will debut during the upcoming holy month of Ramadan, when viewership soars after the dawn-to-dusk fast and networks across the Muslim world debut big-budget offerings.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n"The idea of our films and series centers on our struggle with the enemy," says Sadi al-Attar, the assistant director. He says the latest show is a response to "Zionist aggression."\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nThe storyline centers on a real-life botched Israeli raid in Gaza in 2018. An undercover unit disguised as Palestinian aid workers aroused suspicions in a town near the border. When their cover was blown, a gun battle ensued in which seven Hamas fighters and an Israeli commander were killed.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nHamas has produced seven series and several movies centered on the conflict, most of them aired on its Al-Aqsa satellite TV network during Ramadan.","content_html":"

The Palestinian resistance fighters scrambled out of the tunnel and attacked an Israeli tank in broad daylight as gunfire and explosions echoed across the Gaza frontier.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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This time it wasn't the start of another war, but an action scene filmed for a TV series produced by Hamas movement.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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It's the latest such production by the media arm of Hamas, which has invested heavily in its offerings despite a crippling Israeli-Egyptian blockade on Gaza.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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The shows are aired on Hamas-run TV, and "Fist of the Free" will debut during the upcoming holy month of Ramadan, when viewership soars after the dawn-to-dusk fast and networks across the Muslim world debut big-budget offerings.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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"The idea of our films and series centers on our struggle with the enemy," says Sadi al-Attar, the assistant director. He says the latest show is a response to "Zionist aggression."<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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The storyline centers on a real-life botched Israeli raid in Gaza in 2018. An undercover unit disguised as Palestinian aid workers aroused suspicions in a town near the border. When their cover was blown, a gun battle ensued in which seven Hamas fighters and an Israeli commander were killed.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Hamas has produced seven series and several movies centered on the conflict, most of them aired on its Al-Aqsa satellite TV network during Ramadan.<\/span><\/p>","content_source":"","content_url":"","content_date_start":"2022-02-16 10:05:57","content_date_event":"2022-02-16 10:05:57","content_date_event_start":null,"content_date_event_end":null,"content_show_title_slider":1,"content_date_last_edit":"2022-02-16 10:11:36","content_date_register":"2022-02-16 10:11:36","content_columns":0,"content_show_img":1,"content_show_details":0,"content_show_related_img":0,"content_show_slider":1,"content_comment":1,"content_score":0,"tag_id":0,"score_average":null,"score_count":null,"score_date_last":null,"uid":44,"eid":0,"attach_title":"Hamas TV series glorifies fight against Israel\r\n 2","attaches":[{"sizes":{"150":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/202202\/500249_4097478290_150_78.webp","300":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/202202\/500249_4097478290_300_157.webp","400":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/202202\/500249_4097478290_400_209.webp","600":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/202202\/500249_4097478290_600_314.webp","900":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/202202\/500249_4097478290_900_471.webp","1200":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/202202\/500249_4097478290_1051_550.jpg"},"ext":"jpg","file_media":1,"token":4097478290,"files":{"original":{"url":".\/file\/2\/attach\/202202\/500249_4097478290.jpg","width":1051,"height":550,"size":0}}}]}]]