Popcorn Perspectives
Week of October 12, 2026
NAZA
Unrated
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 100%
In Theaters
From the Oscar-winning team of Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, who brought us 2024’s documentary No Other Land, comes this sobering account of the Israeli strategy of their war with Gaza, told directly from the mouths of soldiers. The Hebrew military acronym NAZA refers to collateral damage and in this case, the documentarians interview 24 IDF intelligence officers to discuss their methods of killing Hamas leaders using drones and missiles. The interviews are all done on the rooftops of high-rises in Tel Aviv, in the dark, to protect their identities, and for good reason: Netanyahu has already begun trying to track down these whistleblowers in order to prosecute them. Their stories are absolutely haunting and heartbreaking. In each case, they admit that their strategy included killing children. If the intended kill was one Hamas leader and fourteen members of their family would be killed also in the process, that would be considered fifteen NAZA, which was completely acceptable. They freely admitted that their tactics were to kill them at their homes, with their families, and they used their children many times to know when they would arrive home by listening to their phone conversations and waiting for them to excitedly yell “Daddy is Home!” The film is rather short at 80 minutes, but the weight is incredible. There is a constant attitude from the operatives that something had to be done after the events of October 7, but you could hear it in their voices and their stories that they were committing the very acts that were committed against them in WWII. And while most audibly showed remorse, you would have to assume that it was felt by all in order for them to have the bravery to tell their stories, knowing that it could land them in prison, or worse, if they were ever found out. This is certainly not an easy film to watch, but it will change you profoundly, regardless of what your thoughts on the subject are currently. A