‘NAZA’ gets record ovation in Venice; Israeli army denies AI-killings claim

2026-09-10 01:30 UTC – 2026-09-11 16:57 UTC

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The documentary “NAZA” by Israeli filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor premiered Thursday at the Venice Film Festival and received a standing ovation lasting between 24.5 and 25 minutes, which several outlets called the longest in the festival’s history. The film, the only documentary in competition, is built on anonymous interviews with 24 Israeli military and intelligence personnel describing the systems behind strikes on Gaza, including AI-assisted targeting. On Friday the Israeli army categorically denied the film’s claim that AI was used to kill civilians. The directors had earlier said the film, shot at night on Tel Aviv rooftops, reveals in detail “the systems behind Israel’s calculated mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza.”

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2026-09-10 01:30 · Al-Monitor (outlet profile)
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2026-09-10 11:15 · The Guardian (outlet profile)
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2026-09-10 12:30 · Al-Monitor (outlet profile)
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2026-09-10 12:53 · La Repubblica (outlet profile)
Naza, parlano gli autori del film: “Ecco come funziona il sistema dei crimini di Israele”. In concorso a Venezia l’opera dei registi Yuval Abraham e Rachel Szor raccoglie 24 testimonianze dall’esercito e dall’intelligen…
2026-09-10 14:48 · UOL (outlet profile)
Documentário 'NAZA' leva a Veneza depoimentos das forças israelenses sobre massacres em Gaza com IA. Com suas próprias palavras, membros das forças israelenses descrevem no documentário "NAZA", apresentado nesta quinta-…
2026-09-10 15:00 · Le Monde (outlet profile)
Yuval Abraham et Rachel Szor, réalisateurs de « Naza » : « En tant qu’Israéliens, nous sommes tous complices dans une certaine mesure des crimes perpétrés à Gaza ». Les réalisateurs du documentaire « Naza », présenté à…
2026-09-10 15:02 · O Globo (outlet profile)
Documentário 'NAZA' leva a Veneza depoimentos das forças israelenses sobre massacres em Gaza com IA. Com suas próprias palavras, membros das forças israelenses descrevem no documentário "NAZA", apresentado nesta quinta-…
2026-09-10 15:10 · BFMTV (outlet profile)
"NAZA", le documentaire choc sur les "mécanismes de mise à mort" israéliens dans la bande de Gaza, présenté à la Mostra de Venise. Le documentaire NAZA, dévoilé jeudi 10 septembre à la Mostra de Venise, révèle les techn…
2026-09-10 15:15 · Libération (outlet profile)
«Naza» à la Mostra : un documentaire fondamental sur le système de tueries de masse à Gaza raconté par l’armée israélienne. Composé d’interviews de militaires et agents du renseignement israélien sur les massacres inten…
2026-09-10 15:15 · El Mundo (outlet profile)
Naza, el genocidio de Gaza desde una sala de exterminio con aire acondicionado (*****). Los directores de No Other Land conmocionan Venecia con un soberbio y demoledor documental sobre el modelo sistemático de aniquilac…
2026-09-10 15:18 · The National (UAE) (outlet profile)
Naza review: Israeli testimonies expose machinery of killing in Gaza
2026-09-10 15:19 · The Jerusalem Post (outlet profile)
Israeli documentary 'NAZA' challenges official accounts of Gaza civilian deaths. A new Israeli documentary challenges official accounts of the Gaza war, with anonymous officers alleging that civilian casualties were bui…
2026-09-10 16:06 · The Independent (outlet profile)
Oscar-winning Israeli filmmakers' documentary on Gaza war premieres at Venice Film Festival. Israeli filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor are premiering their documentary “NAZA” at the Venice Film Festival Thursday
2026-09-10 16:11 · Die Welt (outlet profile)
Venedig hat seinen neuen Skandalfilm. Als einzige Doku im Wettbewerb läuft „NAZA“. Der Film, nachts auf den Dächern von Tel Aviv gedreht, will „die Mechanismen hinter Israels gezielten Massentötungen von palästinensisch…
2026-09-10 16:42 · El País (outlet profile)
Los militares israelíes de ‘NAZA’ estremecen Venecia: “Los nazis eran el diablo, pero, ¿qué soy yo?”. Programado en el último momento, este documental producido por ‘The Guardian’ y dirigido por Yuval Abraham y Rachel S…
2026-09-10 17:18 · BFMTV (outlet profile)
Le documentaire "NAZA" sur les crimes de guerre à Gaza reçoit une ovation de 25 minutes à la Mostra de Venise. Le documentaire NAZA, dévoilé jeudi 10 septembre à la Mostra de Venise, révèle les techniques de l'armée isr…
2026-09-10 17:19 · Folha de S.Paulo (outlet profile)
'Naza' chacoalha Veneza ao expor operações de Israel que matam civis em Gaza. "Naza" foi o último título a ser confirmado como um dos longas-metragens da competição oficial do Festival de Veneza e exibido no penúltimo d…
2026-09-10 17:27 · UOL (outlet profile)
'Naza' chacoalha Veneza ao expor operações de Israel que matam civis em Gaza
2026-09-10 17:48 · La Repubblica (outlet profile)
“Naza” trionfa a Venezia: 25 minuti di applausi per il film che fa parlare i carnefici di Gaza. Standing ovation al termine dell’anteprima dell’opera, in concorso in cui ufficiali dell’esercito israeliano spiegano il “s…
2026-09-10 17:54 · The Independent (outlet profile)
New Gaza documentary breaks film festival standing ovation record. Directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor grew teary-eyed while audience members held up Palestinian flags
2026-09-10 18:19 · France 24 (outlet profile)
Israeli-made film about mass killings in Gaza gets 25-minute ovation at Venice premiere. A film documenting the Israeli military's use of AI to facilitate its mass killing of Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip rece…
2026-09-10 18:30 · Al-Monitor (outlet profile)
Israeli-made film about Gaza gets 25-minute ovation at Venice premiere. A chilling new documentary about Israel's AI-powered mass killing of civilians in Gaza from two Oscar-winning Israeli filmmakers received a 25-minu…
2026-09-10 19:31 · Middle East Eye (outlet profile)
NAZA: Film exposing systematic killing in Gaza gets record 24-minute standing ovation at Venice. NAZA: Film exposing systematic killing in Gaza gets record 24-minute standing ovation at Venice Submitted by MEE staff on…
2026-09-10 19:40 · Middle East Eye (outlet profile)
NAZA: Film exposing systematic killing in Gaza gets record 24-minute standing ovation at Venice. NAZA: Film exposing systematic killing in Gaza gets record 24-minute standing ovation at Venice A documentary examining th…
2026-09-10 20:58 · Aristegui Noticias (outlet profile)
‘Naza’: los planes y algoritmos para la aniquilación de Gaza; recibe una ovación de 25 minutos en Venecia. 'Naza' es el término con el que los mandos y los servicios de inteligencia israelíes denominan a las 'víctimas c…
2026-09-10 21:54 · The Independent (outlet profile)
Gaza documentary gets historic 24-minute standing ovation at Venice Film Festival
2026-09-10 23:22 · Le Parisien (outlet profile)
« Un contrôle par la surveillance » : à la Mostra de Venise, un documentaire choc sur les méthodes de l’armée israélienne à Gaza
2026-09-11 00:14 · Al Jazeera (outlet profile)
Israeli film on Gaza receives 25-minute ovation at Venice premiere. Venice Film Festival honours NAZA, an expose on Israel's use of AI systems in Gaza.
2026-09-11 02:42 · South China Morning Post (outlet profile)
Israeli film on AI-backed Gaza killings gets 25-minute Venice ovation. A chilling new documentary about Israel’s AI-powered mass killing of civilians in Gaza from two Oscar-winning Israeli filmmakers received a 25-minut…
2026-09-11 03:00 · O Globo (outlet profile)
O que documentário ovacionado em Veneza revela sobre sistema secreto usado por Israel contra civis em Gaza. Depoimentos de 24 integrantes das Forças Armadas de Israel revelam como sistemas secretos de inteligência e vig…
2026-09-11 05:11 · The National (UAE) (outlet profile)
Gaza documentary Naza receives record-breaking 25-minute ovation at Venice Film Festival
2026-09-11 05:25 · Al Jazeera (outlet profile)
NAZA, the Israeli film revealing new layers of the Gaza genocide. A 25-minute standing ovation at the Biennale has put NAZA, an Israeli-made film confronting Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
2026-09-11 06:55 · Российская газета (outlet profile)
На Венецианском кинофестивале определились лидеры. Венецианский кинофестиваль близится к финалу. На сегодня его главной сенсацией и триумфом стал единственный документальный фильм в конкурсе - "NAZA" режиссеров Юваля Аб…
2026-09-11 07:28 · Le Nouvel Obs (outlet profile)
Mostra de Venise : « NAZA », un film israélien sur les crimes de guerre à Gaza, reçoit une ovation de 25 minutes. Le documentaire « NAZA » montre comment l’armée israélienne organise l’élimination de Palestiniens dans l…
2026-09-11 07:38 · Nova.rs (outlet profile)
Aplauz trajao punih 25 minuta - oboren rekord: Sadržaj "uznemirujućeg" filma do premijere čuvan u strogoj tajnosti. Film „NAZA“ Juvala Abrahama i Rejčel Zor ispraćen je aplauzom koji je trajao čak 25 minuta nakon svetsk…
2026-09-11 07:56 · Blic (outlet profile)
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2026-09-11 08:05 · Le Monde (outlet profile)
Mostra de Venise : une ovation de vingt-cinq minutes pour le documentaire « Naza ». Les journalistes et cinéastes Yuval Abraham et Rachel Szor ont interrogé 24 Israéliens qui ont collaboré avec l’armée lors des opératio…
2026-09-11 09:30 · Euronews (outlet profile)
Gaza documentary ‘NAZA’ wows Venice and breaks standing ovation record. 'NAZA', the new documentary by 'No Other Land' filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, earned a record-breaking 24.5-minute standing ovation foll…
2026-09-11 09:59 · France 24 (outlet profile)
Venice gives 25-minute ovation for film on Israel's mass killing of Gaza civilians. Mass civilian deaths were routinely built into Israeli military targeting decisions in Gaza, according to a Venice Film Festival docume…
2026-09-11 12:40 · The National (Scotland) (outlet profile)
IDF soldiers give testimony on mass killing of Palestinians in new film. DOZENS of Israeli soldiers who have inside information on secret systems used in Gaza have featured in a groundbreaking documentary film about the…
2026-09-11 13:10 · Meduza.io (outlet profile)
Венеция-2026. «NAZA» — документальный фильм о гибели мирных жителей в Газе. Его авторы, израильские режиссеры, поговорили с 24 военными об этом «сопутствующем ущербе». Споры вокруг этой картины будут громкими. «NAZA» —…
2026-09-11 14:29 · franceinfo (outlet profile)
"On est cloué dans son fauteuil" : que montre "NAZA", le documentaire choc sur des crimes de guerre israéliens dans la bande de Gaza ?. Le film réalisé par deux journalistes d'investigation israéliens a été présenté jeu…
2026-09-11 14:59 · BFMTV (outlet profile)
"NAZA": l'armée israélienne dément tuer sans retenue des civils palestiniens après la diffusion du documentaire à la Mostra de Venise. Le documentaire intitulé NAZA repose sur le témoignage anonyme de 24 membres de l'ar…
2026-09-11 16:00 · UOL (outlet profile)
Israel nega usar IA para matar civis em Gaza, como afirma documentário. O Exército israelense negou categoricamente, nesta sexta-feira (11), usar IA para matar civis em Gaza, conforme alegado em um documentário que rece…
2026-09-11 16:56 · Mediapart (outlet profile)
«Naza», le carnage de Gaza raconté par ceux qui le font. Le nouveau film, sidérant, de Yuval Abraham et Rachel Szor est un tournant. Il révèle, à travers les paroles de militaires israéliens en poste, les mécanismes de…
2026-09-11 16:57 · O Globo (outlet profile)
Exército de Israel nega uso de IA para matar civis em Gaza, como afirma documentário. O Exército israelense negou categoricamente, nesta sexta-feira, usar IA para matar civis em Gaza, conforme alegado em um documentário…

Factual core

The documentary 'NAZA' focuses on Israel's killing of civilians in Gaza, based on testimony from Israeli forces.
The documentary 'NAZA' premiered at the Venice Film Festival.
The film 'Naza' received a 25-minute standing ovation after its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival.
A documentary film titled 'NAZA' by Israeli filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor premiered at the Venice Film Festival on Thursday.
The film is titled NAZA.

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