“All the World’s a Cage”: A Cinematic Analysis of Hamas’s Hostage Videos as Part of its Psychological Warfare Effort During the Post-October 7 Gaza War (October 2023–Spring 2025)
“All the World’s a Cage”: A Cinematic Analysis of Hamas’s Hostage Videos as Part of its Psychological Warfare Effort During the Post-October 7 Gaza War (October 2023–Spring 2025)
Netanel Flamer Adam Tsachi a Department of Middle Eastern Studies, Bar-Ilan University and a Senior Research Fellow at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, Ramat Gan, Israelb Department of Communication, Herzog Academic College, Alon Shvut, IsraelDr. Netanel Flamer is an assistant Professor at the Department of Middle Eastern Studies, Bar-Ilan University, and a senior research fellow at the BESA Center. His research focuses on intelligence, counterintelligence, terrorism, psychological warfare and enemy image in the Middle East, espacially in asymetric conflict. He is the author of The Hamas Intelligence Warfare against Israel, published by Cambridge University Press (2025).Dr. Adam Tsachi is Head of the Department of Communication at Herzog Academic College. He is a film researcher and lecturer, holds a PhD in Film Studies from Tel Aviv University, serves as a member of the Film Studies Subject Committee at the Ministry of Education, and previously served as a member of the Council of the Second Authority for Television and Radio. His research focuses on combat stress reaction in Israeli documentary cinema, as well as Judaism and religiosity in Israeli cinema.