Overview
- The film premiered in competition at the Venice Film Festival on Thursday and was produced by The Guardian with Israeli directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor.
- 'Naza' features about 24–25 on-camera members of Israeli intelligence who describe a unitary measure called "Naza" used to estimate collateral deaths when planners decide to strike buildings in Gaza.
- Interviewees in the film say long-running phone surveillance and recent artificial intelligence tools are used to assess whether targets are occupied and to help choose strikes, but those operational claims have not been independently verified by reporting outlets.
- The directors and some interviewees draw parallels between patterns of dehumanization they say the film reveals and historical accounts of the Holocaust, a comparison that the filmmakers say aims to focus questions of responsibility and justice.
- Beyond festival attention, the film is likely to intensify ethical, legal and diplomatic debate over civilian harm and accountability, and its makers say they do not expect it to produce immediate political change inside Israel.