Israeli broadcaster Amnon Levy shared his reaction after watching "Neza," a documentary presenting testimonies from IDF intelligence soldiers about decision-making processes and civilian casualties during the Gaza war.
In a post published today, Levy described the viewing experience: "I watched Neza today. Eighty very difficult minutes to digest. The film contains no horror scenes, except at the end, and yet it is shocking. The difficulty comes from testimonies of intelligence soldiers who describe in detail how they themselves killed thousands of civilians who were collateral damage."
Levy detailed the content shown in the film, noting that the soldiers describe, in relaxed conversations on a Tel Aviv rooftop, the intelligence mechanism for deciding to bring down buildings, listening to children's phone calls to locate Hamas suspects, and how the number of uninvolved civilian casualties was priced. According to him, the soldiers describe how statements that there are no innocents in Gaza served as fuel for these processes, with everything carried out technically and without moral difficulty in real time.
At the same time, Levy sought to clarify that contrary to certain claims, the film does open with the October 7 massacre that triggered the war, though this is not its focus.
