Netanyahu Threatens to Revoke Citizenship of Filmmakers Behind Gaza Documentary NAZA

The documentary “NAZA,” directed by Israeli filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, premiered at the Venice International Film Festival on September 10, 2026, according to The Conversation. The film’s title comes from the Hebrew phrase “nezek agavi,” meaning “collateral damage,” and refers to the Israeli military’s threshold system for acceptable civilian casualties in strikes on Gaza since the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led attacks, as described by The Conversation and OPB.

The film is built on anonymous testimony from 24 members of Israel’s military and intelligence services. OPB reports that much of it was shot on rooftops in Tel Aviv at night, and that the interviewees’ appearances and voices were digitally altered. According to The Conversation, the testimonies describe the use of artificial intelligence to target Hamas officials and acknowledge that such strikes often result in significant civilian casualties. OPB reports that the interviewees describe their role in launching airstrikes that have killed tens of thousands of Palestinian civilians in Gaza since October 7, 2023.

The Conversation says the filmmakers avoid graphic imagery and rely on testimony to convey the human cost of the conflict. It also notes that the Gaza Strip has been under blockade for nearly two decades and has seen over 70,000 Palestinian deaths in the Israel-Hamas war since 2023, and that international journalists are largely restricted from entering Gaza independently while Palestinians there are generally not permitted to leave. These figures are presented in that report as background, not as a count of civilian deaths specifically.

OPB reports that Hamas-led attacks on October 7, 2023, killed around 1,200 people in Israel and took 250 hostages. In its later report, OPB states that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has threatened to revoke the citizenship of Abraham and Szor. OPB also reports that the two have been denounced as traitors in Israel; the report does not name who made the denunciations. The Conversation’s report does not mention the citizenship threat.

A third report, from islamicity.org, carries the headline “Naza Film on Gaza Genocide Wins Venice Special Jury Prize” and describes the film as exploring allegations that Israel used secret artificial intelligence systems to identify. The report’s text ends mid-sentence at that point. The Conversation and OPB do not report a jury prize, and this report’s account of the film’s framing as a “genocide” documentary is its own characterization, not one made by the other two sources.