TV SERIES · 2015–present · ISRAEL
Fauda
- Created by
- Avi Issacharoff, Lior Raz
- Network
- yes
- Seasons
- 5
- Episodes
- 59
- Studio
- L.Benasuly Productions, yes, Tender Productions
- Original title
- פאודה
39 archived facts 5 topics 2 sources Last reviewed Sep 2026
A top Israeli agent comes out of retirement to hunt for a Palestinian militant he thought he'd killed, setting a chaotic chain of events into motion.
Summary: TMDB
All facts (39)
- #001
Doron Kavillio is written as a former Israeli soldier who took part in covert operations in Palestinian territory. After leaving his post in an anti-terrorism unit and starting a quiet life, the story begins anew when his former boss comes to his door.
- #002
The information that Abu Ahmad, code-named 'Panter', whom Doron believed he had killed, is in fact alive and will attend his brother's upcoming wedding leads Doron to return to his former duty.
- #003
Lior Raz plays the character Doron Kavillio in the lead role of the series. The cast also includes actors such as Netta Garti, Doron Ben-David, Rona-Li Şimon, İtzik Kohen, Yaakov Zada Daniel and Dan Kadoş.
- #004
The first episode of the production aired on 15 February 2015. The series consists of five seasons and 59 episodes in total.
- #005
Fauda's production companies are L.Benasuly Productions, yes and Tender Productions; the broadcasting channel is yes.
- #006
The series is classified under the drama, action & adventure and war & politics categories.
- #007
Fauda was created by the journalist Avi Issacharoff together with Lior Raz.
- #008
Lior Raz, an IDF veteran, also portrayed the Israeli lead character Doron Kavillio in Fauda.
- #009
Fauda was produced by Liat Benasuly Productions and yes TV.
- #010
For Fauda's storyline and its main character Doron, Lior Raz drew on his own experiences as an undercover commando in the Israel Defense Forces.
- #011
Avi Issacharoff also confirmed that conflicts among the writers, the production company and YES satellite TV had been resolved.
- #012
In May 2017, Fauda showrunner Lior Raz said the second season would be more personal, would deal with revenge and would contain a great deal of action.
- #013
Amir Mann was the head writer for Fauda's second season, and Rotem Shamir directed it.
- #014
Fauda was renewed for a third season in December 2017.
- #015
Noah Stollman wrote the third season of Fauda.
- #016
Rotem Shamir directed the third season of Fauda.
- #017
Liat Benasuly produced the third season of Fauda.
- #018
In mid-September 2020, Avi Issacharoff and Lior Raz confirmed that Fauda had been renewed for a fourth season, which made it the longest-running Israeli action television series.
- #019
Omni Givon directed Fauda's fourth season, and Noah Stallman wrote it.
- #020
The fourth season of Fauda centers on the team confronting new threats from Hezbollah activists in Lebanon and Palestinian militants in the West Bank.
- #021
In 2023, the showrunners of Fauda rejected a proposed fifth-season storyline from the writers in which a group of Hamas terrorists breached the Gaza border and took over a kibbutz, calling it "unbelievable" at the time.
- #022
After the October 7 attacks and the outbreak of the Gaza war in 2023, the showrunners of Fauda dropped the fifth season's original storyline and rewrote the script to include the events of that conflict.
- #023
Fauda's fifth season was directed by Omri Givon and written by Omri Senhar.
- #024
In May 2026, Avi Issacharoff posted on X that he hoped Fauda's fifth season would "bring to every point in the world the story of our personal and national trauma" stemming from the October 7 attacks.
- #025
The first season of Fauda featured Lior Raz as Doron, Hisham Suliman as Abu Ahmad, Doron Ben-David as Steve, Rona-Lee Shimon as Nurit, Idan Amedi as Sagi, Laëtitia Eïdo as Shirin Al Abed, Tzachi Halevy as Naor, Yaakov Zada-Daniel as Eli, Boaz Konforty as Avihai, Itzik Cohen as Gaby, Yuval Segal as Mickey and Netta Garti as Gali.
- #026
Doron Ben-David was listed in the first-season cast of Fauda both as Steve and as Herzel.
- #027
For the second season of Fauda, Shadi Mar'i joined the cast as Hamas leader Walid, Firas Nassar as ISIS leader Nidal ("Al Makdesi"), Amir Khoury as Samir, and Meirav Shirom as Dana.
- #028
Ben-David, Shimon, Amedi, Eïdo, Halevi, Zada-Daniel, Konforty, Cohen, Segal and Garti returned to Fauda for its second season.
- #029
Because she was not proficient in Arabic, Fauda cast member Eïdo worked with an Arabic language instructor.
- #030
While playing Avihai, a sniper in Doron's squad, in the third season of Fauda, Boaz Konforty drew on his experience serving in the Israel Defense Forces.
- #031
According to Rona-Lee Shimon, Fauda cast members carried out their own stunts and were trained in firearms, Krav Maga and kickboxing.
- #032
Marina Maximilian joined the cast of Fauda as a Shin Bet investigator.
- #033
For the fourth season of Fauda, returning regular cast members included Lior Raz, Itzik Cohen, Rona-Lee Shimon, Amedi, Doron Ben-David, Yaakov Zada-Daniel and Shirom.
- #034
Inbar Lavi, Mark Ivanir, Amir Boutrous, Lucy Ayoub and Loai Noufi joined the cast of Fauda for its fourth season.
- #035
French actress Mélanie Laurent joined the cast of Fauda's fifth season in mid-April 2025, playing the role of Anne.
- #036
Fauda's first season was co-produced by Lior Raz and Avi Issacharoff together with Tender Productions.
- #037
Most of Fauda's first season was shot over a month and a half in 2014 in Kfar Qasim, an Israeli Arab village.
- #038
Filming on Fauda's first season was called off for its first day because of the 2014 Gaza War, but production later resumed.
- #039
For its first season, Fauda assembled a mixed cast and crew made up of Israeli Jews and Arabs.
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