“NAZA” co-director Yuval Abraham on Thursday said the controversial film about the killing of civilians in Gaza would be published online for free in November “because of the public interest and significance.”

The documentary, based on Abraham’s investigative journalistic pieces in far-left Israeli outlets 972 and Local Call, features interviews with 24 digitally masked Israeli soldiers, mainly intelligence officers, and alleges the Israel Defense Forces used AI to systematically target Gazan civilians, which the military denies.

According to The Guardian, which produced the film, it is slated for cinematic release on September 28 in 56 countries and territories, but not Israel, the West Bank or Gaza.

“The film has been offered to a number of distributors and cinemas in Israel. The Guardian will also be exploring other ways to enable the film to be seen in the occupied Palestinian territories,” the newspaper said.

In his first post on X since controversy erupted around “NAZA” in Israel, Abraham said the film had been offered to cinemas in the country free of charge.

“Screening it would be a brave decision in the face of great violence that seeks to bury it,” Abraham said in the Hebrew-language post.

The film, whose name is the Hebrew acronym for “collateral damage,” premiered to record applause at the Venice Film Festival on September 10, and went on to win the festival’s special jury prize. It hasn’t been released publicly yet.

The film’s success at the festival led Culture Minister Miki Zohar to accuse........

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