“NAZA,” by Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, premiered at Venice Sept. 10, with anonymous testimony from 24 Israeli military and intelligence personnel. The testimonies say Israel used AI to target Hamas officials while knowing strikes would cause many civilian casualties.
The article links the testimony to decades of barriers and restrictions. Israel fenced Gaza in during the 1990s and has blockaded it since 2007, citing security concerns and militant attacks; the government largely bars international journalists from entering independently, while Palestinians generally cannot leave. It says more than 70,000 Palestinians have been killed in the war since 2023. “NAZA” takes its name from nezek agavi, Hebrew for “collateral damage,” the Israeli military’s threshold for acceptable civilian casualties in Gaza strikes since Oct. 7, 2023.
The Israeli government said the film contains “deliberate distortions of reality,” and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened to revoke its directors’ citizenship. The filmmakers announced free streaming beginning in November 2026.
