HBO set to premiere show that led to 2014 Gaza War

The HBO miniseries follows the investigation of a brutally murdered Palestinian boy that was killed the day after the funerals of 3 Jewish teenagers that were kidnapped and later murdered by Hamas members, while hitchhiking home after school.

BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF

 

HBO is set to release the premiere of a series called Our Boys on August 12. The show will be a ten episode drama on the events leading up to the 2014 Gaza War, Deadline reported.

Three Israeli teenagers were kidnapped and later killed while hitchhiking to their homes in the West Bank. A day after the Jewish boys’ funerals. a Palestinian boy was kidnapped and killed. This drama follows the investigation into the murder of  that Palestinian boy, Muhammad Abu Khdeir.

Israelis showing support for the swift return of the 3 kidnapped yeshiva teens, Gilad Shaar, Naftali Frankel and Eyal Yifrach.

Filmed in Israel, the show was created by Hagai Levi, Joseph Cedar and Tawfik Abu-Wael, according to the report.

The show will also be available on HBO NOW, HBO GO, HBO On Demand and partners’ streaming platforms, Deadline stated.

 

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