The testimonies of 24 personnel who served in the Israeli military and intelligence units included in the Naza document must be incorporated into the ICC investigation, and an evidentiary inquiry into the allegations should be carried out.
The testimonies of 24 individuals featured in the NAZA documentary, who have served in the Israeli military and intelligence services, raise serious allegations concerning the nature of military operations conducted in Gaza and potential individual criminal responsibility.
The accounts reportedly provide important information based on the witnesses’ direct professional experience regarding targeting processes, the use of intelligence systems, AI-assisted target identification, and how potential harm to civilians was assessed in the context of attacks.
These statements, grounded in the witnesses’ direct operational experience, cannot be dismissed merely as part of a documentary narrative. They constitute potentially verifiable evidence. We call for the existing investigation to be deepened in light of the new testimonies presented in NAZA and the evidence to which they may point.
As S.O.S DER, we call on the Office of the Prosecutor of the ICC to:
* Independently verify the identities, roles, and statements of the witnesses featured in the NAZA documentary;
* Preserve and examine documents, records, and technical data that may corroborate their testimonies;
* Assess the allegations in light of the elements of war crimes and crimes against humanity under the Rome Statute;
* Where appropriate, investigate chains of command and potential individual criminal responsibility.
No testimony should be presumed to constitute conclusive evidence of guilt. However, no serious testimony should be left uninvestigated either. This is a fundamental requirement of international criminal law.
The mandate of the ICC is to collect and verify evidence and to independently and impartially determine whether criminal responsibility exists.
As S.O.S DER, our demand is clear: the testimonies presented in NAZA must be incorporated into the existing ICC investigation, preserved, and subjected to an independent judicial examination.
S.O.S DER