Tel Aviv, 14 September 2026 (dpa/MIA) - Israeli Culture Minister Miki Zohar has threatened to strip film-makers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor of their citizenship. The pair won the jury's special prize at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday for their documentary about Israeli airstrikes killing Palestinian civilians in Gaza.

In "NAZA," the pair show anonymized interviews with 24 Israeli intelligence operatives who give detailed insights into their operations. They were interviewed at night on rooftops in Tel Aviv.

"NAZA" is a Hebrew acronym said to be used for counting the number of civilians estimated to be killed in a military strike.

Zohar said Abraham and Szor were willing to "harm their homeland in order to receive applause from anti-Semites around the world."

"I will act immediately to revoke the Israeli citizenship of these despicable creators for treason against the state," Zohar wrote on X.

Far-right Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir also took to X, calling the pair "a disgrace and an embarrassment" to Israel.

"I am certain that your friends, that is to say our enemies Hamas in Gaza, will welcome you with open arms."

The Israeli army has rejected allegations made in the film. A spokesman, responding to the film, accused the Hamas terrorist organization of deliberately embedding military infrastructure in civilian areas.

More than 20,000 children have been killed in Gaza since October 2023, according to UN figures.

The film also addresses the Hamas attacks of October 7, 2023, which killed around 1,200 people in Israel and prompted Israeli aerial strikes that levelled much of Gaza.

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