Overview
- The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival this week and earned a roughly 24–25 minute standing ovation in the Sala Grande after its first public screening.
- Direct testimonies from about two dozen current and former Israeli military and intelligence personnel, shown with voice and image alterations, argue that civilian deaths in Gaza result from an institutional system rather than isolated errors.
- Naza presents detailed claims that phone interception and algorithmic tools were used to identify suspects and time strikes, and explains that the word 'Naza' is used by commanders to denote expected civilian 'collateral' casualties.
- The Israel Defense Forces issued an immediate official rebuttal rejecting the film's accusations, saying anonymous sources could not be independently verified and asserting that attack decisions are made by humans, not automated systems.
- Producers The Guardian and JW Films added the documentary to Venice late after a years-long investigation and anonymization process, and the film is now intensifying global scrutiny, public debate and calls for further investigations into military practices and civilian harm.