NAZA: the film the Israeli government does not want you to see
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NAZA: the film the Israeli government does not want you to see

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 16, 202645 min
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Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor on their new film interviewing Israeli military insiders on the vast, AI-assisted systems their sources say are being used to kill civilians in Gaza. They also talk about the political backlash against their documentary. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

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This is The Guardian. Today, the Israeli filmmakers lauded as heroes and branded as traitors for exposing mass killings of civilians in Gaza. Just before we start, there are some distressing scenes in this episode,

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including moments where we describe the killing of children. But I would urge you to listen if you can. Throughout the war in Gaza, the Israeli military always told its people and the world one thing.

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Israel does not target Palestinian civilians. We target Hamas terrorists. It does not deliberately kill civilians. We want to differentiate between our enemy,

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