Why didn’t the BBC air this 7 October documentary earlier?

We all know what happened on 7th October 2023. But those of us who have watched the Israeli government’s compilation of footage from the day, as well as other videos sourced from the darker corners of the internet, know more than most the extent of atrocities carried out by the Palestinian terrorists who invaded through the Gaza border.

Now everyone can get a sense of what truly happened, thanks to Surviving October 7th: We Will Dance Again, the film by Yariv Mozer which screened last night on the BBC and is available on iPlayer and Paramount+ in the US. The documentary delivers a devastating account of one part of that dreadful day’s events: the Nova party massacre, where a festival built on love, music and community became the setting for unspeakable horrors.

A searing testament to the brutality of that day, the film urges us to bear witness to events that were carefully documented by both the victims and the perpetrators, in videos which until now were scarcely shown to a wider audience.