Award-Winning Gaza Documentary 'NAZA' to Stream Free Online After Global Theatrical Release

Directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor received the Special Jury Prize for their documentary, NAZA, at the Venice Film Festival on September 12, 2026. The documentary, which accuses Israel of utilizing artificial intelligence to conduct mass civilian killings in Gaza, will soon be available for free streaming online following a theatrical rollout spanning more than 50 countries.

Israeli filmmaker Yuval Abraham, who co-directed NAZA alongside Rachel Szor, announced on Thursday that audiences will be able to stream the award-winning feature beginning in November on The Guardian’s website. The UK newspaper provided production support for the film.

“I know there is enormous demand to watch the film, and I hope that in this way, everyone will soon be able to see it: whether in cinemas or online in a few weeks,” Abraham shared in a post on X. He added, “We made the film to spark a public discussion about the [Israeli] government’s actions in Gaza, the killing of more than 73,000 people, most of them civilians, the normalisation of a war of extermination, of the notion that ‘there are no uninvolved’.”

NAZA, translating to “collateral damage” in Hebrew, is scheduled to premiere in the United States on Saturday at the New York Film Festival. Additional theatrical premieres are planned for several nations, including the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Canada.

With a runtime of 80 minutes, NAZA is the culmination of an investigation lasting nearly three years into Israel's war on Gaza. The documentary relies on testimonies from concealed Israeli military and intelligence sources. One individual featured in the film described the AI-driven targeting process against Palestinians as “insanely fun” and compared it to playing a “video game,” while another characterized it as a “mission.”

The sources outline an AI system named Lavender, allegedly utilized to pinpoint assassination targets by processing mass surveillance data—such as phone calls, interactions, and movements—overseen by Israel in Gaza. The system reportedly carries an error rate of up to 10 percent. According to another subject in the film, a specific military attack was authorized despite the explicit awareness that as many as 500 civilians could perish.

NAZA previously earned the Special Jury Prize at the Venice International Film Festival. Human rights organizations, including Amnesty International and Doctors Without Borders (MSF), have condemned Israel for its actions in Gaza, accusing the nation of genocide.

Earlier this month, Israeli Culture Minister Miki Zoha called for Abraham and Szor to have their citizenships revoked, labeling their actions as “treason.” In response, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged to advance legislation that would strip citizenship from anyone who defames Israeli soldiers.

Addressing the backlash on X, Abraham stated, “Journalism is not betrayal. Criticism is not betrayal. It is the duty of every citizen whose government commits crimes to know, and of every soldier who witnessed them to tell.” He further predicted that “thousands” of Israeli soldiers would “watch the film and recognise what is described in it personally,” urging them to testify about their experiences.