Israeli whistleblowers detail Gaza civilian toll in Venice film
The film uses testimony from 24 Israeli military and intelligence whistleblowers to describe an AI-assisted targeting system and alleged mass civilian deaths.
- On Thursday, Israeli filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor premiered *NAZA* at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival, receiving a record 25-minute standing ovation for their documentary alleging AI-assisted targeting systems normalized civilian casualties in Gaza.
- The film features testimony from 24 anonymous Israeli military and intelligence insiders filmed at night on Tel Aviv rooftops, who describe AI-enabled systems like 'Lavender' that reportedly integrated expected civilian casualties into strike decisions.
- Named after an Israeli military acronym for expected civilian casualties, the documentary claims the military authorized strikes with high civilian death benchmarks. Abraham stated the film depicts a targeting system "designed to identify people in civilian spaces," while interviewees described the process as "like a video game."
- The Israel Defense Forces said on Friday it "categorically rejects" the documentary's allegations, maintaining that AI functions only as an analytical tool for human review rather than autonomous target selection.
- As *NAZA* competes for the Golden Lion, Abraham hopes the project encourages Western governments to apply pressure through sanctions, reflecting a broader shift in international scrutiny of the Gaza conflict.
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Israeli-made Gaza film wins Venice jury prize
A chilling new documentary about Israel’s artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted killing of civilians in Gaza by two Israeli directors on Saturday won a special jury prize at the Venice Film Festival. NAZA, by Oscar-winning Israeli directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, had been tipped by some crit
Twenty-five minutes ofovation, followed by the jury's special prize: "NAZA", an Israeli documentary on military operations in Gaza, marked the minds at the Venice Mostra.
Documentary 'Nazar', Exposing Israel's 'Gaza Airstrikes', Wins Special Award at Venice Film Festival
The documentary film *Naza*, which covers the Israeli military's killing of civilians in the Gaza Strip, received the Special Jury Prize at the Venice International Film Festival in Italy on the 12th (local time). According to reports from AFP and other news agencies, the film was co-directed by Israeli directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Schor.
"With Naza we wanted to show how this mass killing is systemic, not the result of an accident, but of a deliberate plan, based on the total dehumanization of the Palestinians," said one of the directors, Israeli Yuval Abraham.
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