Season 3 • Episode 8
LatestSirens is a thriller set in Eilat. It revolves around Shelley Toledano, 32, a policewoman with the Illegal Aliens unit, which is mostly devoted to documenting and following refugees from Africa who infiltrate the city through its border with Egypt. Shelley is rugged and outspoken, and used to the difficult sights that come with the job. But one day, when the body of the person closest to her is found, her life is turned upside down.
Acting
Magi Azarzar's simmering, volcanic presence as Shelley
Cinematography
Eilat's sun-bleached beauty weaponized against its characters
Writing
Unflinching Israeli noir that refuses easy answers
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The series weaponizes Eilat's reputation as a party destination, transforming it into a pressure cooker for Israel's refugee crisis. The 'siren' title refers to both emergency signals and the mythological lures that destroy those who answer.
Creator Shachar Magen spent years researching the actual Illegal Aliens unit; Sasson Gabai's Uzi was reportedly rewritten after Gabai insisted on making the character more morally slippery than originally scripted.
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