Cloaked in anonymity, Israeli soldiers describe mass civilian killings in 'NAZA'
The documentary 'NAZA' features anonymous testimony from Israeli soldiers regarding their roles in airstrikes in Gaza. The film has sparked significant controversy, with critics debating the ethics of anonymizing sources and the filmmakers' political motivations.
Why it matters
It raises critical questions about journalistic ethics, the documentation of war, and the intense polarization surrounding the Israel-Hamas conflict.
For most of the shattering and damning new documentary NAZA , we are on a series of rooftops in Tel Aviv, watching the Israeli journalist Yuval Abraham conduct one-on-one interviews with Israeli soldiers and intelligence personnel.
The rooftop footage was filmed at night, mostly by Abraham's co-director, Rachel Szor, and their interview subjects — 24 of them in total — are all cloaked in darkness. We're told that their appearances and voices have been digitally altered to protect their anonymity. In precise detail, they speak about their role in launching the airstrikes that have killed tens of thousands of Palestinian civilians in Gaza since the Hamas attacks in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, when around 1,200 people were killed and 250 hostages were taken.
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