Sister of Paramedic Killed on October 7 Praises 'Fauda' for Portraying Attack, Calls for More Stories
Habiba Man, sister of the late paramedic Amit Man who was killed during the October 7 attack, praised the creators of the Israeli TV series "Fauda" for their depiction of the tragic events in episodes 7 and 8 of the show's fifth season. She emphasized the importance of producing more films, series, testimonies, and books about the attack, stating that while the episodes conveyed much, they represented only a fraction of the trauma experienced by survivors and families.
Ahead of the episodes' broadcast, the Israeli network Yes warned viewers about the graphic content based on the October 7 events, acknowledging the difficulty of watching and offering viewers the option to skip these standalone episodes. Yes also made the episodes freely available in recognition of their public significance and as a dramatic documentation of the "Black Sabbath" attack and its impact on Israeli society.
In a social media post, Habiba described her emotional struggle watching the episodes, recounting how she could not watch the second episode alone and had to ask a friend to start it for her. She compared the show's ability to capture the intensity of the disaster to fitting an ocean into a small bottle, concluding that the series succeeded in conveying the emotional weight but that more storytelling is needed to fully represent the experience.
Habiba expressed a poignant longing to have been able to physically embrace her sister after the attack, contrasting the fictional character who witnessed and held loved ones with her own painful reality of only being able to hold Amit's body days later at the funeral. As the 1,000th day since the attack approaches, she reflected on her own role as someone who was connected remotely during the attack, questioning how such experiences are defined and remembered.
She closed by urging herself and others to breathe, remember, and continue to commemorate the events of that day in every possible way as the anniversary nears.
