Questions about NAZA

"Naza" is the slang Israeli soldiers use for collateral damage. In targeting, it is the number of civilians an officer is permitted to kill alongside a target.

In 2024, an investigation by +972 Magazine and Local Call, written by Yuval Abraham, reported that the army had allowed 15 to 20 civilian deaths for each low-ranking suspect marked by its AI system "Lavender", and more than 100 for senior commanders. NAZA puts officers who worked inside that system on camera.

"Where's Daddy?" is the name of one of the film's chapters, and of an automated tracking system first reported by +972 Magazine in 2024. It alerted officers when a marked man entered his family home, so that he could be bombed there, with his family.

Officers in the film describe watching families going about their normal lives before strikes were approved.

One intelligence officer describes monitoring two sisters in order to locate their father, a suspected Hamas member. When the strike came, he was not there. The family was killed.

It is one of many cases in the film in which officers describe civilians being killed knowingly.

Operatives say the targeting work felt "like a video game": watching from screens in Israel, marking people, waiting for approval. Several describe themselves as left-wing.

The film shows how educated professionals took part in mass killing as a routine job.

"You understand that the objective is to destroy," one officer says. Chapters such as "Annihilation Zone" describe areas where everything was treated as a target.

In September 2025, a UN Commission of Inquiry concluded that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza.

After the Venice premiere, Israel's Culture Minister Miki Zohar accused the filmmakers of treason. Army Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir called the film "an attack on the State of Israel". Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu proposed laws to multiply defamation damages and to strip citizenship from people who "defame IDF soldiers".

Right-wing activists gathered outside Rachel Szor's home chanting "Death penalty to the traitors". Yuval Abraham has said he is afraid he will not be able to return home.

NAZA is a 2026 documentary by Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor in which 24 Israeli intelligence officers and soldiers, filmed at night on Tel Aviv rooftops with their identities disguised, describe how civilians in Gaza were targeted and how their deaths were approved in advance.

This website is an independent guide to the film. It is not affiliated with the filmmakers, The Guardian or mk2.

It is directed by Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, two of the four co-directors of No Other Land, which won the 2025 Oscar for best documentary feature. NAZA is produced by The Guardian and James Wilson (JW Films), executive produced by Jonathan Glazer (The Zone of Interest), and sold internationally by mk2 Films.

NAZA is in cinemas in 56 territories from September 2026, including the US (from 30 September), Italy, and the UK and Ireland (from 15 October). After the cinema run The Guardian will make it free to watch worldwide on theguardian.com. See the Where to watch page for dates.

The US release began on 30 September at IFC Center in New York and expands to Los Angeles and other cities from 9 October. UK and Ireland cinemas open on 15 October. mk2 Films is releasing it in 55 more territories, from France and Germany to Japan, Brazil and the Middle East.

Yes, after its cinema release. The Guardian has announced that NAZA will be free for global audiences on theguardian.com, announced for late November 2026. Until then, you can watch the official trailer on this site.

NAZA won the Special Jury Prize at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival in September 2026. Its premiere received a standing ovation of about 25 minutes, reported as the longest in the festival's history.

According to the Gaza Health Ministry, more than 73,800 Palestinians had been killed and more than 174,800 injured since 7 October 2023, as of September 2026. The ministry says the toll is not final: thousands remain missing under the rubble.

In January 2024 the International Court of Justice, in South Africa's genocide case, ordered Israel to prevent genocidal acts in Gaza. In November 2024 the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and former defence minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes, including starvation as a method of warfare, and for crimes against humanity.

In December 2024 Amnesty International concluded that Israel is committing genocide, and Human Rights Watch found acts of genocide and extermination. In July 2025 the Israeli rights groups B'Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights Israel reached the same conclusion. In September 2025 the UN Commission of Inquiry found that Israel has committed genocide.

No. This is an independent site about the film, with its trailer, facts, and articles on the documented record in Gaza. The film is made and distributed by its makers, The Guardian and mk2.

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