The star of hit TV present Fauda says he travelled to southern Israel to rescue households underneath siege from Hamas.

Lior Raz mentioned he joined "brave brothers in arms" in Sderot - a metropolis proper on the Gaza border.

He posted a video on X exhibiting him and the present's co-creator, journalist Avi Issacharoff, taking cowl as rockets fireplace overhead.

Both are former members of Israel's undercover Duvdevan counter-terror unit.

Raz wrote: "Accompanied by Yohanan Plesner @yplesner and Avi @issacharoff, I headed down south to join hundreds of brave 'brothers in arms' volunteers who worked tirelessly to assist the population in the south of Israel.

"We had been despatched to the bombarded city of Sderot to extract 2 households."

He posted it on Monday night time however did not say precisely when it was filmed.

Sderot was one in all quite a few areas focused by Hamas when the group launched its shock assault on Saturday morning.

In one incident within the metropolis, not less than 9 had been folks shot useless at a bus shelter.

Yohanan Plesner, the opposite man talked about in Raz's submit, is the president of the Israel Democracy Institute.

He's additionally a former politician and ex-member of the Sayeret Matkal unit, a unit modelled on the UK's SAS.

Raz performs the commander of an undercover Israeli unit in Fauda - with the present depicting the human value of each side of the Israel-Palestinian battle.

It's develop into a global hit after showing on Netflix.

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People praised the lads for speeding to assist their compatriots, a lot of whom had been taking cowl of their properties as combating raged.

"It's not often that art intersects with life in such a visceral way. Thank you for your bravery. Be safe," posted one consumer on X.

Another commented: "Like an episode of Fauda in real life. You are a brave human being standing up for your family, and your fellow citizens. I pay tribute to you, and other very brave Israelis like you. Thank you xx."