Overview
- On Sunday, Oct. 11, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu formally asked the IDF chief of staff, the Shin Bet director and the attorney general to open investigations and consider prosecution of participants in the film 'NAZA'.
- 'NAZA' is built on multi-year reporting and anonymous testimony from 24 military and intelligence personnel who say Israeli operations in Gaza killed civilians and relied on targeting practices that put noncombatants at risk.
- The film describes specific practices including bombing homes with families inside, using AI models to flag suspected militants with an error rate reported around 15 percent, and striking areas ordered evacuated while civilians remained.
- The Israel Defense Forces rejected the documentary's allegations and questioned the reliability of anonymous witnesses while The Guardian and the film’s journalists defended their multi-year reporting and sourcing.
- The prime minister’s move has intensified political pressure on the filmmakers, raised calls to revoke citizenship for those who 'defame' soldiers, and risks chilling anonymous military testimony and investigative reporting.