Crash-and-burn: Inside Israel’s self-defeating defense against ‘NAZA,’ BBC's war crimes allegations

The Jerusalem Post's Yonah Jeremy Bob argues that Israel and the IDF are failing to mount an effective defense against war crimes allegations raised by the BBC documentary NAZA, criticizing IDF sources for giving three self-defeating responses and highlighting two specific cases the BBC flagged.

The Jerusalem Post's Yonah Jeremy Bob argues that Israel and the IDF are failing to mount an effective defense against war crimes allegations raised by the BBC documentary NAZA. The article states that after the film's release in mid-September 2026, Israel had a new opportunity to set the record straight, but is instead bringing about another unnecessary major loss on the public relations front. The piece criticizes IDF sources for giving three self-defeating responses: that no one believes them anyway, that they lack resources to respond to too many examples, and that releasing information would endanger security. The article highlights two specific cases the BBC flagged: the December 2023 sniper killing of a mother and daughter at Holy Family church in Gaza, where the IDF still states the case is under review after nearly three years, and the August 2024 strike on the Tabaeen school complex where 93 people were reportedly killed. The framing relies on emotionally charged vocabulary without procedural sourcing.