Amid Fears of Widening Middle East Conflict, FRONTLINE Investigates ‘Israel’s Second Front’ 

Israel’s Second Front Tues., Jan. 23, 2024 Streaming at 7/6c at pbs.org/frontline & in the PBS App Airing at 10/9c on PBS and on YouTube

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Roughly 100 days into the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, fears are rising about a widening conflict in the Middle East. On Jan. 23, in the new documentary Israel’s Second Front, acclaimed journalist and correspondent Ramita Navai reports from the West Bank for FRONTLINE about the growing tensions on the ground.

“All eyes are on the war in Gaza, but the West Bank – home to several million Palestinians and a half-million Israeli settlers – is the most volatile and violent it’s been for decades,” says Navai, who is known for her award-winning reporting from conflict zones (Afghanistan Undercover, Syria Undercover, Iraq Uncovered, UN Sex Abuse Scandal).

In Israel’s Second Front, Navai goes on the ground to investigate rising support for militant groups, including Hamas, since the Oct. 7 attack, Israel’s ongoing military campaign in the West Bank and the implications for a region on edge.

Navai speaks to Palestinians and Israelis – including current and former officials – about the fraught situation in the West Bank, which many people fear could explode into a new front in the current war. She speaks with members of militant groups including Hamas about their ambitions, investigates increasing public support for Hamas in the West Bank, and documents Israeli Defense Force raids against militants in densely populated areas. She also speaks with West Bank residents whose family members were killed in attacks by extremist Israeli settlers.

The broadcast of Israel’s Second Front will be followed by an encore presentation of Failure at the Fence, a groundbreaking visual investigation in collaboration with The Washington Post featuring a detailed examination of how Hamas was able to breach Israel’s vaunted security barrier on Oct. 7 and carry out its attack.

Israel’s Second Front premieres Tuesday, Jan. 23, at 7 pm ET at pbs.org/frontline and in the PBS App, and at 10/9c that night on PBS stations (check local listings) and FRONTLINE’s YouTube channel. It will also be available to stream on the PBS Documentaries Prime Video Channel. The documentary is distributed internationally by PBS International. Subscribe to FRONTLINE’s newsletter to get updates on events, podcast episodes and more related to Israel’s Second Front.

Credits Israel’s Second Front is a FRONTLINE Production with Quicksilver Media. Produced, filmed and directed by Karim Shah. Reported and produced by Ramita Navai. The senior producers are Eamonn Matthews and Frank Koughan. The editor-in-chief and executive producer of FRONTLINE is Raney Aronson-Rath.

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