A behind-the-scenes from the series “Nazef Alturab” is considered a representative scene in Gaza

Social media accounts and pages published a video clip that they said was of a special crew making preparations in Rafah to publish the scenes of the dead, claiming that Gaza is “just a big theater,” in the context of a campaign to cast doubt on the suffering of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip as a result of the war that has been on going for about 7 months.

The Palestinian Observatory “Tahaqaq” tracked the authenticity of the circulating video by searching open sources through the Google search engine, and it turned out that the circulating scene was from the scenes filming the second episode of the series “Nazef Alturab” by Palestinian director Bashar al-Najjar, which was shown during the last month of Ramadan on the Al-Arabi 2 channel.

The Observatory team also contacted the actor who appeared in the circulating clip, Samer Mahroum, who explained to “Verified” that the scene is a drama behind the scenes of the Palestinian series, and was acted in Nablus and not in Gaza as the claim stated. He added, saying: “The scene embodies events from the Palestinian reality in The West Bank under the presence of the Israeli occupation, and the scene simulates the liquidation of two Palestinian fighters by the occupation forces after besieging them in the cemetery by bombing them with missiles.

The story of the series tells the story of the escape of four Palestinian prisoners from an Israeli prison, the occupation’s pursuit of them, and the solidarity of the villagers to protect and defend them. The series was filmed in the towns of the occupied West Bank, in the old city of Nablus, Jenin, and Tulkarm, a month after the beginning of the war in the Gaza Strip. Gaza following the events of last October 7.

The city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, is witnessing intense bombardment by the Israeli occupation, which led to a number of martyrs, while the occupation army took control on Tuesday morning of the Palestinian side of the Rafah crossing on the border with Egypt, coinciding with the start of a military operation in Rafah and directing The displacement of the Palestinian population from the eastern neighborhoods of the Rafah area to the Al-Mawasi area in the southwest of the Gaza Strip.