Spoof on Killing of Hamas Chief Al Mabhouh Sparks Outrage
Relatives of a Hamas leader allegedly slain by a Mossad hit squad are looking to block the release of an Israeli-French spoof on the raid - not because it portrays him as a “terrorist” but because it shows him drinking in a hotel bar.
The film, which parodies the 2010 killing of Hamas commander Mahmoud Al Mabhouh in his Dubai hotel room in January 2010, stars Israeli supermodel Bar Rafaeli, French actor Tomer Sisley and Israel’s Shlomo Bar-Abba, star of the Oscar-nominated Footnote.
“The film undermines the image of our brother, showing him drinking alcohol and meeting in a bar with an Israeli model who seduces him and sets the trap for his assassination,” Fayaq Al Mabhouh told AFP in Gaza.