Israeli directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, two of the four co-directors behind the Oscar-winning "No Other Land," have brought a new documentary, "NAZA," to the Venice Film Festival. The film, produced with The Guardian and Jonathan Glazer's team behind "The Zone of Interest," examines the military systems behind what the filmmakers describe as human rights organisations' assessment of a genocide against Palestinian civilians in Gaza, marking a continuation of their focus on documenting systemic actions by the Israeli state rather than isolated incidents.

"NAZA" is built around anonymous, digitally disguised interviews with 24 Israeli military intelligence officers and soldiers involved in surveillance or remote killing operations in Gaza, filmed secretly over three years on Tel Aviv rooftops. The title refers to a military intelligence term for the expected number of civilian deaths from an airstrike, and the film covers the use of AI in target selection, killings at humanitarian aid distribution sites, and strikes on displaced people and families in their homes. It is the only documentary in this year's Venice competition lineup and builds on prior investigative reporting by The Guardian, +972 Magazine and Local Call.