Failure at the Fence (full documentary) | FRONTLINE + @WashingtonPost

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Published 2023-12-19
A visual investigation in collaboration with ‪@WashingtonPost‬ provides a detailed examination of how Hamas was able to breach Israel’s vaunted security barrier on Oct. 7, 2023, and carry out its attack.

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This special collaboration stems from a reconstruction by The Post, with additional on-the-ground reporting and riveting interviews that present a remarkable picture of how, as The Post reporters show, Hamas was planning the attack in plain sight, and Israel was blind to its own vulnerabilities.
“Failure at the Fence” is a FRONTLINE Production with Schonder Productions in association with The Washington Post. Written, produced and directed by Gabrielle Schonder. The correspondent is Jon Swaine. Reported by Jon Swaine and Joyce Sohyun Lee. The senior producer is Frank Koughan. The executive editor of The Washington Post is Sally Buzbee. The editor-in-chief and executive producer of FRONTLINE is Raney Aronson-Rath.

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All Comments (21)
  • "A line is only as strong as it's weakest link." An old military statement.
  • Frontline is no joke!! They'll report on stories that ABC, CNN, FOX, NBC or CBS won't report on. This is what I call fair and balanced reporting. Keep up the good work!
  • WOW that’s IDF soldier was extremely thoughtful and foresaw the responsibility they have
  • @scottsimon8543
    Oct. 7 proved that technology for guarding borders can never be a replacement for personnel on the ground.
  • Anything can be overtaken or torn down or gotten through. It's easier to destroy than build.
  • @ak47rockin47
    Basically, the fence upheld the job it was designed to do. The “failure” was the underestimation of the threat, which would’ve necessitated a more durable design of the fence.
  • @nadavbub
    Hamas are just monsters. No words.
  • @chrixMiller
    Nice to see PBS posting stories as they happen again
  • @minaguta4147
    FRONTLINE creates such important and timely documentaries. Thank you.
  • @woudytreez2755
    "We didn't think..." "We were not prepared for it". This is the insanity...
  • @baoquoc3710
    That's why no one can made a realistic and unfiltered detailed documentary like Frontline. World class.
  • @Invertmini1212
    News outlets don't just tell the story like they should.. They push their views. Thanks for just telling it how it is and letting people make an educated opinion.
  • @howdeedoodee6603
    Es ist immer wichtig, die Ursachen zu benennen. Danke für die neutrale Sicht.
  • @Ghandi12
    There is only one barrier that stops all of this. Thats peace for all people, thats the only solution. May all the people that lost someone, find there peace in there hart and start talking whit each other to find peace. The peace is Light, war is darkness.
  • @asianmaddness56
    This is some of the most well documented and established news agency showing the reality of this war.
  • This breaks my heart and wish so badly they would have picked my small town here in Texas. Enough said. God bless yall 🙏
  • @chrishay8385
    A hard thing to watch ,so so very sad to see mankind doing this to each other