NAZA Documentary Uses 24 Israeli Insiders to Challenge Gaza War Narrative
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Updated · The Guardian · Oct 16
NAZA Documentary Uses 24 Israeli Insiders to Challenge Gaza War Narrative
3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Oct 16
Summary
Guardian-produced documentary NAZA features testimony from 24 Israeli soldiers and intelligence officers who describe intentional civilian killings, disputed combatant counts and shootings around aid sites in Gaza.
Israeli participants in the 80-minute film say the military tracked targets to family homes, knowingly killing relatives and children, and counted unarmed people killed in "annihilation zones" as terrorists.
The film also undercuts the long-used human-shields defense, with one source calling claims about private houses "absurd" and saying commanders were bombed at home because that was where Israel found them.
Naftali Bennett and military chief Eyal Zamir denounced the documentary as "blood libel," even as the allegations come from Israeli insiders whose identities were digitally concealed.
NAZA, made by Oscar-winning Israelis Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, is in cinemas in more than 50 countries and is due to stream free on the Guardian's website in late November.