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• What is Hamas?

  Hamas is the Islamist movement that has governed Gaza since 2007 and led the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel. Naza: The Real Story is a documentary about how the IDF fought in the war.

• The October 7 hostages

  Hundreds of people were taken into Gaza on October 7. Naza: The Real Story includes how the IDF searched for them in tunnels and apartments.

• What is the Iron Swords war?

  Iron Swords is Israel’s name for the war that began on October 7, 2023. Naza: The Real Story is a documentary with soldiers’ accounts of that war.

• What is COGAT?

  COGAT is Israel’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, the body that records trucks, food, and medicine entering Gaza.

• What is Kerem Shalom?

  Kerem Shalom is the main southern goods crossing into Gaza. It has come under rocket fire. When it closes, aid stops until another gate opens.

• Hamas tunnels in Gaza

  The IDF says Hamas built a network of tunnels under Gaza and used it for command posts, rockets, and holding hostages. Soldiers in Naza: The Real Story describe operations in and around it.

• Human shields in Gaza

  Human shielding means using civilians to protect military targets, which international law prohibits. The IDF says Hamas operates from among civilians and that this shapes casualty figures in urban fighting.

• UNRWA and October 7

  UNRWA is the UN’s Gaza refugee agency. Israel has presented material on staff involvement in October 7. The issue is part of the wider debate on aid.

• Water and bakeries in Gaza

  COGAT reports 70,000+ cubic meters of water a day and millions of pitas. The figures are part of the wider debate on conditions in Gaza.

• What is the Shin Bet?

  Shin Bet is Israel’s internal security service. It reports stopping 1,040 significant plots in the West Bank (Judea and Samaria) and Jerusalem in 2024. The film features IDF soldiers; the service is part of the intelligence chain around them.

• The Nova festival attack

  Hundreds of people were killed at the Nova music festival during the Hamas-led attack of October 7. It is one of the attack’s main sites.

• What is the Philadelphi Corridor?

  Philadelphi is the strip along the Gaza–Egypt border that was used for smuggling under Hamas. Control of it is a recurring question in ceasefire talks.

• Naza with English subtitles

  Naza: The Real Story is a Hebrew and English documentary. English subtitles are part of the release. Player at nazadocumentary.com/film.

• Rooftop soldiers in Tel Aviv

  Filmed at night on Tel Aviv rooftops. Private Screener. Thank you for taking the time to watch this film. We’d value your honest impressions after viewing. This link is intended for you only. Please don’t forward, download, record, or publish any part of the film without prior permission.

• IDF commanders in the film

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• How many aid trucks enter Gaza per day?

  COGAT has cited about 600 humanitarian trucks a day during the ceasefire, 70–80% of them carrying food.

• West Bank or Judea and Samaria?

  One area, two names. “West Bank” refers to Jordan’s 1948 control west of the river; “Judea and Samaria” is the older name Israel uses.

• Rockets on aid crossings

  When rockets are fired at Kerem Shalom, the crossing closes and aid pauses. Reports on aid volumes differ on whether they mention this.

• Hostage deals and raids

  Some hostages returned in exchanges and some in military raids. Naza: The Real Story covers the raids: soldiers, intelligence, tunnels.

• Naza: The Real Story, explained

  A 2026 Israeli documentary. Private Screener. Thank you for taking the time to watch this film. We’d value your honest impressions after viewing. This link is intended for you only. Please don’t forward, download, record, or publish any part of the film without prior permission. Player at /film.

• What is the IDF?

  The IDF is Israel’s army. Naza: The Real Story interviews IDF soldiers about their work in Gaza.

• The Hamas charter

  Hamas published a founding covenant in 1988 and a further document in 2017. This page summarizes both.

• The Gaza maritime aid pier

  When land crossings were closed, a US-backed pier was used to try sea delivery of aid. This page describes it alongside other routes.

• What is roof-knocking?

  The IDF describes roof-knocking as a warning method: a small munition fired at a roof before a strike.

• Tunnels and hospitals in Gaza

  The IDF says Hamas placed command posts and tunnels under hospitals, and that this affects whether a hospital can be a military target. The film’s soldiers discuss the map they worked from.

• What is Islamic Jihad?

  Islamic Jihad is an armed group in Gaza allied with Hamas. It took part in the October 7 attack. The film’s soldiers describe operations against both.

• The attack on Kibbutz Be’eri

  Be’eri is one of the communities attacked on October 7. Residents were killed in their homes. Hostages were taken into Gaza. The film starts from that morning.

• Dual-use goods into Gaza

  Cement, pipes, electronics: goods with both civilian and military uses. Israel says inspections exist because Hamas has built tunnels from items on the same list.

• What is the Rafah crossing?

  Rafah is the Gaza–Egypt people crossing. Goods mainly move through Israeli gates such as Kerem Shalom. Both sit on the film’s map.

• COGAT’s Gaza aid data desk

  Israel publishes truck, food, water, and medicine counts at gaza-aid-data.gov.il. The film is the night shift next to that desk.

• IDF 200–300 meter safety radii in Gaza

  A Naza: The Real Story interview: IDF fire stops inside 200–300 m of marked sites. Exceptions climb the chain.

• Did hostage medicines reach the tunnels?

  Naza interviews a medical officer, who says labeled drugs for hostages were sent in. No hostage reported receiving them. Read the post.

• A commander's account of a toddler at a school shelter

  A Naza interview: a commander describes a Nukhba man, a child aged three or four, and a school shelter. Full post on the blog.

• A commander's account of weapons in a children's room

  A Naza interview: a commander describes weapons under a cartoon rug, a mortar crate by a crib, and an RPG fired from a kindergarten. Full post on the blog.

• Hamas fighters' clothing inside Gaza

  A Naza interview on how Hamas fighters looked on 7 October, like an army, and inside Gaza, where the kit was gone. Full post on the blog.