NAZA: The Film, the Claims and the Responses

Lt. Col. (res.) Yair Miron, author of Matir Asurim, examines the claims made in the documentary "NAZA," drawing on direct familiarity with strike-approval and collateral-damage review processes. The topic is separate from the book, so it is collected here: a short video, the detailed essay, and the coverage, interviews and responses that followed.

The detailed essay: I Watched NAZA in Full. Here Are Eleven Ways It Misleads Viewers.

Miron went through the full testimony in the film and compared its allegations with the processes he took part in. The essay takes eleven points one by one.

Read the essay

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What NAZA left out of the strike-approval process.

In the press and on air

Op-eds, posts and articles, mostly in English.

TVKan 11, Weekend News with Ayala Hasson · strike-approval procedures explained
OP-EDSeth Mandel, Commentary · on the media blackout of Israeli experts' responses to NAZA; draws on Miron's essay and his service in the Captives and Missing Persons Unit
OP-EDCAMERA UK, in JNS · argues the film's central claims were not adequately corroborated; cites Miron's comment on Channel 7
POSTJohn Spencer, urban warfare expert, on X · "The most thorough response to the actual accusations in the NAZA documentary I've read," from an IDF officer who took part in and observed the processes the film attempts to cover
ARTICLEAll Israel News · "slow and meticulous"

In the Israeli media (Hebrew)

Interviews, columns and articles in Hebrew.

TVAyala Hasson interview, Kan 11 (17.09.2026)
ARTICLEIsrael Hayom · and another article in JNS (Hebrew)
COLUMNGideon Dukov, Makor Rishon · on the column's importance for Israeli public diplomacy
POSTRoy Yanovsky, Kan 11, on X · Miron's explanations let him refute the film's claims
TVSharon Gal, i24NEWS
RADIO"Pitchi v'Zimri BaAm," Galei Israel

The book "Matir Asurim" tells a different story: the effort to bring the hostages home after October 7. About the book · Purchase