Film’s executive producer says he was ‘shocked into silence’ the first time he watched documentary that details Israel’s mass killing of civilians in Gaza

The director Jonathan Glazer has called Israel’s retaliation against NAZA’s film-makers and the military figures interviewed in the award-winning documentary “much more venal” than anticipated.

Since the film’s release, the Israeli government has denounced it and pursued those involved, announcing plans aimed at stripping citizenship from people who “smear” Israeli soldiers; accused NAZA’s co-directors, Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, of treason; and ordered top legal and security officials to find and prosecute soldiers and officers interviewed in the documentary for causing “harm to Israel’s diplomatic and security interests”.