The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) has requested this Tuesday an "international investigation" into the documentary 'NAZA', which collects statements from Israeli officials and soldiers about combat methods used by Israel in the Gaza Strip, which would have caused hundreds of collateral civilian casualties in certain bombings.
In an official note, the group has indicated that "the world has seen with great anger what has been revealed in the documentary 'NAZA'", emphasizing that "the importance of the testimonies derives from the fact that they were made by people who work within the Army and the Zionist security establishment and participated in surveillance and attack systems".
Hamas has added that "this requires a serious and independent international investigation, as well as documenting these testimonies in the inquiries related to war crimes and ethnic cleansing committed against civilians in the Gaza Strip", stressing that the 25-minute ovation that the film received at the Venice Film Festival "reflects the great impact that the testimonies have had".
In this sense, the organization has highlighted "the importance of the role of journalism and documentary film in revealing the facts and breaking the Zionist attempts at denial and disinformation", also emphasizing the relevance of this type of work "in presenting to global public opinion the suffering of the victims".
For this reason, Hamas has urged the International Criminal Court (ICC), the United Nations, and other human rights entities to "document the testimonies and information contained in the film to use them in the processes of investigation and accountability in order to confirm the crimes of extermination and ethnic cleansing committed by the Zionist occupation Army".
Likewise, it has emphasized that "what has been revealed by 'NAZA' should not only be material for viewing and showing sympathy, but should be an additional incentive for investigation and accountability, for justice for the victims and to ensure that those responsible for war crimes, genocide, and violations do not escape accountability".
In parallel, the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has lashed out at those responsible for 'NAZA' for their "incitement to antisemitic hatred," which he considers "intolerable" coming from Israeli citizens. For his part, the Chief of Staff of the Israeli Armed Forces, Eyal Zamir, has ordered the chief military legal advisor to evaluate the possibility of taking legal action against the creators of the film.
With a duration of 80 minutes, 'NAZA' examines the campaign of systematic attacks by Israel on the Palestinian enclave through the testimonies of 24 intelligence officers and soldiers, who describe tactics of phone espionage and the use of Artificial Intelligence systems to select targets. According to their directors, this framework operates as a massive device that deliberately causes the death of hundreds of civilians considered collateral damage in a single attack.