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Source: https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/09/25/israel-should-present-naza-at-the-hague/
Film Seeking to Defame Israel Documents Its System that Differentiates between Military Targets and Civilians
(Makor Rishon-Israel Hayom) Israel Shamay - The documentary "NAZA" (collateral damage) strikes at the heart of the genocide allegations against Israel. The film's basic claim is that the IDF operates a mechanism known as NAZA that assesses in advance, for each target, the maximum number of civilians likely to be harmed in relation to the operational value of eliminating that target, and approves or rejects a strike accordingly. Yet the very concept of "collateral damage" presupposes a process that distinguishes between the intended target and the incidental harm caused by attacking it, sets a ceiling for that harm, and examines whether the proposed strike falls within it. That is the opposite of what genocide is supposed to look like. Someone seeking to destroy a people seeks to kill as many of its members as possible, without distinguishing between the enemy's fighting forces and its civilian population. The film alleges that the IDF maintains a mechanism that makes such distinctions. No one attempting to carry out genocide would need such a procedure. On the contrary, what the film describes is a system concerned with limiting collateral damage. That is precisely why what was intended as incriminating evidence becomes potentially exculpatory. An intent to destroy a people leaves no room for proportional calculations, numerical ceilings or tiered approvals based on the identity and importance of a target. Such an intent has no need for an approval mechanism of this kind.