Overview
- NAZA premiered at the Venice Film Festival on Sept. 10 and won the Special Jury Prize after a record 24.5‑minute standing ovation.
- The 80‑minute film is built on clandestine rooftop interviews with 24 anonymized Israeli military and intelligence insiders who allege AI‑assisted targeting and say planners routinely accepted large civilian casualties in Gaza.
- Israeli military leaders have rejected the film, with IDF chief of staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir ordering military lawyers to examine legal options and to investigate the film’s sources.
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he will advance two bills to allow revoking citizenship from those who 'defame' soldiers and to raise defamation damages by twentyfold, a step that legal experts say would face judicial review.
- The filmmakers and collaborators have faced protests, threats and break‑ins while The Guardian pledged legal support and press‑freedom groups warned that official rhetoric risks intimidation of journalists and their families.