Questions and answers
Nine questions people ask about the film and about this site. Each answer points to the page that covers it in full.
NAZA is a documentary by Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, distributed in the UK by Dogwoof. It won the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival and its UK release date is 16 October 2026, with previews on 15 October. It is built on interviews with 24 anonymous Israelis described as having served in military intelligence, and it accuses Israel of the calculated mass killing of civilians in Gaza. Dates and places are on the where to watch NAZA page.
It is the Hebrew acronym for nezek agavi, collateral damage: harm to civilians caused by a strike on a military target. The IDF calls it “a professional term commonly used by every law-abiding military worldwide”. More on the meaning of the word.
Yes. On 1 October 2026 it published a written response, 10 pages in English and 17 in Hebrew. It says the film “presents a distorted, misleading, and disingenuous picture of the IDF’s target planning and striking process”, and it answers nine of the film's claims one by one. They are set out on the claim by claim page.
Not directly. The IDF says the filmmakers did not send it their allegations before release and did not provide a copy afterwards. It says it “relied on a detailed account by a representative who attended a public screening”, along with other public accounts and the filmmakers' own statements.
No. Its response refers to “several tragic incidents involving civilian deaths in or around distribution centers”, says its ability to verify casualty reports “is limited”, and says that “decisions that may cost civilian lives are among the hardest soldiers and commanders face”.
What it rejects is the film's account of why civilians died. In its words: “The film falsely portrays a military that seeks to cause civilian harm.”
The IDF says it did not: “In the IDF, artificial intelligence does not determine whether an object or a person is designated as a target, nor whether a target is struck.” It describes data tools that help analysts cross-reference intelligence, with human analysts identifying targets and commanders deciding on strikes. The full answer is claim 5 on the claim by claim page.
Because the war the film describes began that day. The IDF says the film does not give due weight to the attack, in which about 1,200 people were killed in Israel and 251 were taken hostage. The October 7 page sets out what happened, and Hamas in its own words records what Hamas's leaders have said about civilians and about the war.
That is up to you. This site does not ask anyone to stay away from the film. It asks that the IDF's answers be read alongside it. For the commanders' side on film, Naza: The Real Story is a separate 49-minute Israeli documentary, free to watch at nazadocumentary.com. More about Naza: The Real Story.
nazagaza.com is an independent site. It is not connected to the film NAZA, its makers, Dogwoof, The Guardian or nazadocumentary.com. Every quotation is traced to a document or report on the sources page, which also explains how the site quotes.