Israel’s top officials have branded a new documentary film NAZA — which alleges that mass civilian deaths were routinely factored into Israeli bombings in Gaza — as ‘shocking incitement’.
Directed by Oscar-winning Israeli filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, and co-produced by The Guardian, NAZA received a 25-minute standing ovation at its Venice Film Festival premiere and won a special jury prize.
NAZA — an acronym used by Israel’s military that means collateral damage— “reveals in detail the [AI-powered targeting] systems behind Israel’s calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza”, according to a synopsis from The Guardian.
Israel’s culture minister Miki Zohar has called for the filmmakers to be stripped of their citizenship, accusing them of “treason against the state”.
Israel says it has gone to great lengths to avoid civilian casualties as it battles Hamas militants who embed in sites such as hospitals, schools and shelters. Hamas denies using Gaza’s civilians as human shields.
Gaza health authorities say more than 73,000 Palestinians, most of them civilians, have been killed in Israel’s military campaign that has left much of Gaza in ruins.
The war was triggered by Hamas’ October 7 2023 attack on Israel which killed 1,200 people, most of them civilians.
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