Al-Modon says 'NAZA' "exposes Israel"; the Jerusalem Post says its director "claims" Israel did not cover Gaza's dead
An Israeli documentary about civilian deaths in Gaza has become an argument over what Israeli television showed, and over threats to the people who made it. Four outlets tell it four ways. Two report threats, and neither says who made them.
Four reports, four stories. We hold four reports on 'NAZA', all published on 15 September. Three are from Israeli outlets and one is from a Lebanese outlet. Each leads on something different.
| Outlet | What it leads with | On threats |
|---|---|---|
| Al-Modon (Lebanon) | The film "exposes Israel". The army is on alert. The director is "threatened". | Says so. Names no source. |
| Arutz Sheva (Israel) | The journalists' union backs the makers. Journalists Amit Segal and Noam Amir attack the union. | Reports "threats and violent reactions". Names no source. |
| The Jerusalem Post (Israel) | Co-director Abraham: "Why didn't you broadcast something complex yourself?" | Not in the text we hold |
| Haaretz (Israel) | The world pays attention to atrocities against Palestinians only when Israelis describe them. | Not in the text we hold |
Stated, or a claim. Haaretz and Al-Modon say in their own voice that the film shows atrocities or "Israeli crimes". Haaretz names no one as committing them. The Jerusalem Post's headline says the co-director "claims" Israel did not cover Gaza's civilian dead.
Threats. 2 of 4 reports say the makers were threatened. 0 say who threatened them.
What is not settled - Whether Israeli broadcasters showed Gaza's civilian dead. No report we hold checks the co-director's charge against what they aired. - Whether the army did anything. Only Al-Modon's headline says so, and the text we hold does not explain it. - Who made the threats. - How many dead the film shows. No report gives a figure. - What Palestinians say. None of the reports we hold is from a Palestinian outlet.
What this is about: an Israeli documentary, 'NAZA', about civilians killed in Gaza, and the fight in Israel over whether Israeli television showed that side of the war.
How it got here - 7 October 2023: Hamas-led fighters attacked southern Israel, killed civilians and soldiers, and took hostages into Gaza. Israel went to war in Gaza the same day. - The war: Israel's bombing and ground campaign reached almost every part of the Strip and displaced most of its people. Gaza's Health Ministry, part of the Hamas-run government, counts the dead. Israel disputes those counts. Both are party claims. - Access: For most of the war, Israel did not let foreign reporters into Gaza on their own. Most of what the world saw came from Palestinian journalists inside Gaza, many of whom were killed. - October 2025: A US-brokered ceasefire began, and the hostages still alive were released. - September 2026: Al-Modon reports that 'NAZA' won an award. The reports we hold do not say which one.
Who is involved - The filmmakers: Israelis. Their charge is aimed at their own country's media. - Israeli broadcasters: Israel's main channels served a home audience living through the attack and the hostage crisis. Critics in Israel say those channels rarely showed Gaza's dead. The broadcasters say they reported the war. Israel's military censor also limits what Israeli media may publish on security matters. - The Union of Journalists in Israel: Israel's main journalists' union. It has backed the filmmakers. - Critics of the film: They include Israeli television journalists.
What is at stake The argument is about how much Israelis were shown of what their army did in Gaza, and who gets to say so. It also tests how Israel treats Israelis who make that case, now that the makers report threats.
Where it stands The film is out and being argued over. Nobody has named who made the threats. No report we hold compares the film's charge with what Israeli channels actually broadcast.
The story so far
- 'Accuses Israel of war crimes', says the Jerusalem Post; 'possible war crimes', says UN News · 15 Sep 2026
- An-Nahar says 24 soldiers described AI targeting; the Jerusalem Post says "Nothing in the film is true" · 14 Sep 2026
- Jerusalem Post says Netanyahu was warned ten days before 7 October, Arutz Sheva says over a week — his adviser tells Ynet "there was chaos" · 8 Sep 2026
Earlier stories The AI Times filed on this thread.
What is being argued about
- Whether Israeli broadcasters showed Gaza's civilian deaths, as co-director Abraham says they did not
- Threats against the film's makers, reported by two outlets with no source named
- The journalists' union's defence of the makers, and the journalists who attacked it
- Whether the world hears Palestinian deaths only when Israelis describe them
Claims and verdicts
No claims registered.
Who wrote it
The Jerusalem Post
Haaretz
Coverage, outlet by outlet
The Jerusalem Post
The Jerusalem Post
🇮🇱IL ·
newspaper · independent
Journalists' union backs Naza filmmakers, draws fierce backlash
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What we have measured
A caveat kept in the only report we hold that says the rejection was of a promo, not the finished film ×1A different word, and a hedge Calls the same event an airstrike rather than a controlled demolition, and marks it "Reported" while offering footage as its evidence. ×1An allegation stated as established the headline presents the plan as fact and as a disclosure, with no attribution to the charge sheet ×1Asserted flat Calls it a 'terror network' and says Iran helped build it, in its own voice, with no source. ×1
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Haaretz
Haaretz
🇮🇱IL ·
newspaper · independent
فيلم "نازا" يفضح إسرائيل: الجيش يستنفر...والمُخرج مُهدد
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What we have measured
Actor left unnamed a man is killed by an air strike in the headline with nobody named as striking; shelling and demolitions simply "continue" ×1Actor named The Israeli army is named as the shooter. ×1Actor named, action nominalised Israeli escalation is named but arrives as a wave, not as a doer ×1Affected people The only report that looks at people in the south: the explosions, the fear and the displacement. ×1
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Palestine TV · Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation
Palestine TV · Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation
🇵🇸PS ·
TV/radio · state-controlled
What we have measured
Asserted versus attributed recognition itself stated as fact ×1Attribution 'historic' attributed to the Palestinian ambassador ×1Dead counted, not named two dead are counted as 'citizens' and none are named; the wounded are not counted ×1Dead named Gives the dead man's full name and age. ×1
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Ynet
Ynet
🇮🇱IL ·
digital · independent
What we have measured
A claim in the headline that the other reports very close to deciding the regime appears in one report only ×1Active voice The killers are the subject of the verbs 'beat' and 'burned'. ×1Active voice The killers are named as acting ×1Army's term, attributed the army names the target of its strikes, and no one on the other side is quoted ×1
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North Press Agency
North Press Agency
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wire · independent
What we have measured
Attribution the damage list is carried in full, attributed to the side claiming it ×1Single official source Uses the Saudi Press Agency's account: 'bilateral relations', with no mention of reconstruction or money. ×1What is at stake presents the stakes as trade and energy security; no ship, crew or price is counted ×1Which line is led with led by the legal instrument, naming the Security Council resolution by number ×1
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Shargh
Shargh
🇮🇷IR ·
newspaper · independent
What we have measured
A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1
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Al-Monitor
Al-Monitor
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digital · independent
What we have measured
Actor from anonymous officials Puts the IRGC at the trigger in a sentence sourc ×1Actor named Names the Director-General as the one who requested the dismissal ×1Actor named names Trump as the one who began the war, with Israel ×1Actor named names Israel as the actor in its military actions against the Palestinians ×1
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Tehran Times
Tehran Times
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newspaper · state-controlled
What we have measured
Asserted vs attributed headline states the seizure flat; the body attributes it to the claimant ×1Attribution the toll is attributed to a body that is described but not named ×1Headline against body headline states the seizure flat; the body attributes it to the IRGC ×1How the objectors are framed opposition is described as protesters speaking for civilians ×1
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Al Jazeera English
Al Jazeera English
🇶🇦QA ·
TV/radio · state-funded international
What we have measured
Accusation attributed Cuba's charge is attributed to its foreign minister, not stated as fact ×1Actor named The headline names Israel as the actor and gives a count of three that includes a child. ×1Agency No actor is named for the detentions. The raids, not the soldiers, 'left' the town in lockdown ×1Agency Names Israel as the actor in the headline, in active voice ×1
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LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
🇱🇧LB ·
TV/radio · independent
What we have measured
Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1
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The Times of Israel
The Times of Israel
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digital · independent
What we have measured
Actorless in own voice The killing is passive with no shooter in the se ×1Headline carries the purpose The livestock and the army's reason are in the h ×1Headline frame The headline carries the military's word for the ×1Military words carried whole Both the label for the dead and the phrase for t ×1
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Al-Sabaah
Ma'an News Agency
Ma'an News Agency
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digital · independent
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Al-Mada
Al-Mada
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newspaper · independent
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WAFA · Palestinian News & Information Agency
WAFA · Palestinian News & Information Agency
🇵🇸PS ·
state agency · state-controlled
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Al-Manar
Al-Manar
🇱🇧LB ·
TV/radio · independent
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Middle East Eye
Middle East Eye
🇬🇧UK ·
digital · independent
What we have measured
How hard the claim is stated Its own body says the investigators did not attribute the network to the Emirati state — the qualification its headline drops. ×1How hard the claim is stated The body withdraws in one line the attribution its own headline makes ×1How deeply it is sourced Cites its own past reporting as the evidence for the claim in its own headline, and calls the evidence widespread in its own voice ×1How deeply it is sourced Offers its own past reporting as the evidence supporting the claim in its headline, inside the same sentence that carries the denial. ×1
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Ammon News
Ammon News
🇯🇴JO ·
digital · independent
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