Israeli soldiers reveal AI-assisted ‘mass killing’ in Venice Gaza documentary

Mass civilian deaths were routinely factored into Israeli military targeting decisions in Gaza, according to NAZA, a documentary by Israeli journalists Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor unveiled at the Venice Film Festival on Thursday.

The film takes its title from an Israeli military term for expected “collateral casualties” and features testimony from intelligence officers and soldiers involved in Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

“There was mass killing on an industrial scale,” one officer says in a series of anonymous interviews.

Intelligence officers described an AI-assisted system that identified targets using data gathered from thousands of hacked mobile phones.

“I can click on any house and see how many people will be hurt if I bomb it,” one former Israeli soldier said.