PARAMOUNT+ REVEALS OFFICIAL TRAILER FOR RED ALERT, A FOUR-PART SCRIPTED SERIES DEPICTING THE 2023 MASSACRE IN ISRAEL, PREMIERING GLOBALLY ON PARAMOUNT+ ON OCTOBER 7

RED ALERT is a four-part scripted series depicting the harrowing true-life events of October 7, 2023.  All four episodes will premiere on Paramount+ on Tuesday, October 7.

The series was created, written and directed by Lior Chefetz and comes from Keshet Media Group and Academy Award^®-nominated Producer Lawrence Bender.

The series will be available globally and premieres on Keshet 12, Israel’s most-watched TV Channel, on Sunday, October 4, with episodes two, three and four debuting on October 8, 12 and 15, respectively.  

ABOUT RED ALERT: The four-part series reveals the real stories of ordinary people turned heroes, portraying the largest and deadliest massacre in Israel’s history, when more than 1,200 concert-goers, families and individuals near the Gaza border were murdered and 250 kidnapped. Drawing from the true experiences of those who survived, RED ALERT  weaves their courageous personal stories into a cinematic narrative of the devastating terrorist attack that turned southern Israel into a war zone, testing humanity and forging heroism through chaos.

RED ALERT follows several civilians whose stories intertwine as they experienced the atrocities of October 7:

Bat Sheva (Rotem Sela), a mother forced to flee with her two daughters as her son is taken into Gaza

Ohad (Miki Leon), a father who becomes a tragic symbol of sacrifice as he fiercely protects his family

Ayub (Hisham Suleiman), a grieving father who loses his wife and is forced to hide with his baby behind enemy lines

Nofar (Chen Amsalem), a Border Police officer caught in the massacre and injured while defending others, alongside colleague Liat (Rotem Abuhav)

Kobi (Israel Atias), an anti-terrorism officer who runs directly into hell to save his wife

Tali (Sara Vino), a devoted mother who transforms into an unlikely hero while searching for her injured son, Itamar (Nevo Karan)

RED ALERT is co-created with Ruth Efroni and co-written by Kineret Peled and Idan Hubel. The series is produced byGreen Productions (Golda) in partnership with Bender Brown Productions(Roswell) withthe Jewish National Fund-USA Israel Entertainment Fund (IEF) for Keshet 12. Executive producers are Green Productions’ Maya Fischer, Shani Ettinger Sror, Roi Kurland and Gal Greenspan; Bender Brown Productions’ Lawrence Bender and Kevin Kelly Brown; Jordana Reuben Yechiel; Mika Rode; Keshet Media Group’s Avi Nir; and Israel Entertainment Fund’s Nati Dinnar and Russel Robinson. Other funding partners include the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation and The Film & Media Collaborative: the Gesher Multicultural Film Fund, the Avi Chai Foundation and the Maimonides Fund. 

Keshet International is the international distributor for RED ALERT. Rick Rosen at WME brokered the deal.