NAZA trailer on civilian massacres in Gaza released in Italy

Italy releases NAZA trailer on civilian massacres in Gaza

Italy has released the trailer for NAZA, a documentary about Israel’s civilian massacres in Gaza. The film, which won the Special Jury Prize at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival, is planned to become available online for free after its theatrical screenings.

Scraper SystemSeptember 26, 2026, 06:42 PM

Italy releases NAZA trailer on civilian massacres in Gaza

Italy has released the trailer for NAZA, a documentary about Israel’s civilian massacres in Gaza. The trailer for the film, which received the Special Jury Prize at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival, was shared on the YouTube channel of The Guardian, one of its co-producers.

The trailer opens with an Israeli soldier interviewed for the documentary explaining the meaning of the word “NAZA.” Drawing a building that was to be bombed, the soldier says, “This is the building I have to bomb. The NAZA of this attack was four,” defining the term as the number of civilians expected to die as a result of the attack.

The trailer features soldiers’ testimonies

The documentary trailer features interviews with 24 Israeli soldiers described as having taken part in mass killings of Palestinians in Gaza. An unnamed soldier says that, after October 7, 2023, the claim that “there is not a single innocent person in Gaza” was repeatedly voiced.

Another soldier says, “Whatever we do, they deserve it.” The trailer also includes the assessment that Gaza had been turned into a “target factory” and the claim that an attack was permitted to kill 500 people for the sake of targeting a single individual.

When reminded that 500 people is equivalent to the population of an Israeli village, the soldier confirms the figure. The same soldier also says there are things he can talk about but that he cannot discuss certain subjects.

NAZA belgeselinin Gazze’deki sivil katliamlarını anlatan fragmanı yayımlandı

The film receives positive reviews

The trailer also features reviews of the film from various publications. The Hollywood Reporter calls it “a brave and impossible-to-ignore testimony.” Le Monde writes that the film “hits like a machine,” while Indiewire describes it as a production that could deeply shake viewers.

New York Magazine calls the film “one of the most important films of our time.” Sight and Sound describes it as solid, Time Out as exemplary, Financial Times as extraordinary, El Mundo as magnificent, Screen Daily as harrowing and Next Best Picture as impossible to ignore.

The film will be released online for free

Yuval Abraham, one of the documentary’s directors, announced that they had decided to make the film available to watch online for free after its theatrical screenings. Abraham said the decision was made together with the other director, Rachel Szor, and co-producer The Guardian.

Italy releases NAZA trailer on civilian massacres in Gaza