On the second anniversary of the deadly Hamas invasion of October 7, 2023, with wounds still fresh and 48 hostages still held in Gaza, the Israeli drama series “Red Alert” provides a heartrending reenactment of the horrors experienced by the terror group’s victims that day.

Each of the four 45-minute episodes is a stark, riveting, and painful reminder of the terrifying hours experienced by those attacked, including Supernova festival revelers, police officers, and residents of the south.

Produced by Israel’s Keshet Media, the first episode of the series aired on Keshet (Channel 12) on Sunday and will premiere globally on Paramount on Tuesday.

The series’s start is eerily serene, with the first episode featuring scenes from the lives of victims and security personnel on October 6. Ohad Yahalomi and his daughter brew ginger tea in the fields near their home, special security officer Kobi plays with his kids, and Supernova revelers enjoy the first hours of the music festival.

Most of the four episodes, however, focus on heart-stopping, horrifying moments of October 7.

Viewers see the Yahalomi family in their safe room, trying to keep the kids quiet as the terrorists close in on their home and as Ohad, the father, makes the life-altering decision to sit outside their broken safe room door with a handgun, trying to keep his family safe.

Other scenes focus on Kobi, a pseudonym for one of the members of the security forces, who first busts drug dealers at the Supernova festival and then finds himself fighting terrorists in the streets of Ofakim. At the same time, Kobi’s wife, a police officer, tries to help partygoers as the attack unfolds around the fields of........

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