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IDF Response to the Film "NAZA"
(IDF Spokesperson) "NAZA" is the acronym of the Hebrew term "Nezek Agavi" - "collateral damage" in English. This is a professional term commonly used by every law-abiding military worldwide. While the film presents the exceptional effort and detail the IDF devotes to estimating such harm in strikes as evidence of indifference to civilian lives, in reality, assessing expected civilian harm in strikes is a requirement under international law. The anonymous interviewees addressed matters beyond their knowledge and competence, resulting in substantial errors and misrepresentations of IDF targeting policy. The tragic consequences of war do not justify distorting the facts. Serious discussion of civilian harm requires a serious account of how decisions were actually made. That is precisely what the film fails to provide.