NAZA documentary draws Israeli officials’ criticism

The documentary NAZA has drawn sharp criticism from Israeli officials over its accounts of Gaza targeting, while the Israel Defense Forces says the film misrepresents its procedures. The film features concealed interviews with 24 Israeli military and intelligence personnel who describe practices they say involved artificial intelligence-assisted targeting and civilian deaths. Those accounts have not been independently substantiated in the reports, and the competing claims remain unresolved. Directed by Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, NAZA presents testimony from interviewees whose faces and voices are obscured. They discuss the military’s use of data and technology to identify targets, including claims that strikes were directed at people in their homes despite the expected risk to relatives and other civilians. One account, as described in the film, concerns the use of a 12-year-old girl’s phone to determine when her father would return home. The film’s testimony is anonymous, and the reports provide no specific dates, locations or identifiable incidents for independent follow-up. The IDF said the documentary distorted its targeting process and omitted context. It said the...