Investigate the creators of 'NAZA', says Shurat HaDin; we can't investigate before watching it, says the army
A documentary carrying soldiers' accounts from Gaza has produced two demands for a criminal case in one day. They point at different people, and no case of either kind has opened.
One film, two demands. We hold three reports on the documentary "NAZA", all published on 16 September, all Israeli. Two of them call for a criminal investigation. They do not mean the same investigation.
Who the file would be opened on
| Outlet | Who it puts in the frame | Whose words |
|---|---|---|
| The Jerusalem Post | the people who made the film | Shurat HaDin, quoted directly |
| Haaretz, 12:21 | the soldiers the film interviewed | military officials, unnamed |
| Haaretz, 13:44 | Israeli television journalists | the paper's own voice, unattributed |
Nobody from the film speaks. No report we hold quotes a person who made "NAZA" or a soldier who appears in it. None describes what the film actually shows. The Jerusalem Post report does not summarise its contents at all.
The army's reason is the army's. Haaretz attributes it inside the sentence: officials say no criminal probe has opened because they have yet to see the film or identify the soldiers in it. Shurat HaDin, introduced as representing victims of the 7 October attack, says "every day that passes may cause substantial harm to the investigation".
Not settled. Whether any investigation has opened, into anyone. What the film shows. Who the soldiers are. Whether Israeli broadcasters covered the allegations — one report says never, and no report we hold tests it.
What this is about. An Israeli documentary called "NAZA", carrying accounts from soldiers who served in Gaza, has produced two rival demands that Israel open a criminal file — pointing at different people.
How it got here. Hamas-led fighters attacked southern Israel on 7 October 2023. Israel went to war in Gaza, and the fighting and its aftermath have run since. Allegations that Israeli forces committed war crimes there have followed the war from its early months. Israel's government rejects them. They are before two courts in The Hague: South Africa's genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice, filed in December 2023, and the International Criminal Court, whose judges issued arrest warrants in November 2024 for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former defence minister Yoav Gallant and a Hamas commander. The ICC exists to act only where a state does not genuinely investigate its own — which is why what Israeli investigators open, or decline to open, carries beyond Israel.
Who is in it. Israel's army investigates its own soldiers' conduct, through the Military Advocate General. The Shin Bet is Israel's internal security service. Shurat HaDin is an Israeli legal group that brings lawsuits on behalf of victims of attacks; the Jerusalem Post introduces it as representing victims of the 7 October attack. Haaretz and the Jerusalem Post are Israeli daily papers. Israeli broadcasters publish under a military censor empowered to bar material on security grounds — a limit on what domestic outlets may carry, not evidence about what happened.
What is at stake. Whether what the soldiers describe is examined at all — or whether the case that opens is instead about the making and broadcasting of their accounts.
Where it stands. On 16 September, no file of either kind had opened. The army says it has not yet watched the film or identified the soldiers in it.
The story so far
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- Israel's army calls the Ali al-Taher ridge "a sandbox"; an Al-Modon headline calls it a Hezbollah "successful withdrawal" · 11 Sep 2026
- Jerusalem Post says Katz threatened Iran's energy sites; Shargh says they "may be" on the target list · 10 Sep 2026
- Ynet has Netanyahu "very close" to deciding the regime in Iran; LBCI has him "committed to bringing down the terror regime" · 9 Sep 2026
- LBCI and An-Nahar lead on "hundreds detained"; Al-Monitor on operations "increasingly sustained and entrenched" · 8 Sep 2026
- Israel's military says it took the Ali Taher Ridge. The one Lebanese account we hold is two days older and names no ridge. · 4 Sep 2026
Earlier stories The AI Times filed on this thread.
What is being argued about
- Two demands for a criminal investigation pointing at different people
- The army's stated reason for not opening a probe
- What the reports do not describe: the film's contents, the soldiers, the film-makers' answer
Claims and verdicts
Haaretz
Haaretz
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The Jerusalem Post
The Jerusalem Post
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newspaper · independent
Haaretz
Haaretz
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newspaper · independent
Who wrote it
Haaretz
Haaretz
Coverage, outlet by outlet
The Jerusalem Post
The Jerusalem Post
🇮🇱IL ·
newspaper · independent
Haaretz
Haaretz
🇮🇱IL ·
newspaper · independent
Haaretz
Haaretz
🇮🇱IL ·
newspaper · independent
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
🇸🇾SY ·
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
🇺🇸US/ME ·
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
🇮🇶IQ ·
newspaper · independent
What we have measured
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WAFA · Palestinian News & Information Agency
WAFA · Palestinian News & Information Agency
🇵🇸PS ·
state agency · state-controlled
What we have measured
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Al-Manar
Al-Manar
🇱🇧LB ·
TV/radio · independent
What we have measured
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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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