October 7 survivor Sabine Taasa was reportedly thrown out of a screening of NAZA in the Netherlands after protesting the film’s portrayal of the war, according to a post shared by Visegrád 24.
Israeli outlets Ynet and Walla reported a confrontation at the screening in Delft, near The Hague, on October 1, 2026. Taasa challenged the film over its treatment of the October 7 massacre and demanded recognition of the murder of her husband and son by Hamas.
A bereaved mother challenges the screening
Taasa attended with representatives of the Israeli organization Ad Kan. As the screening began, the group’s head, Avichai Shorshan, tried to use a portable projector to show footage of the October 7 atrocities. According to the organization’s account, reported by Walla, some audience members intervened to stop that footage being shown.
“My husband and my son were murdered by Hamas. Where is that in your film?” Taasa asked, according to Ynet’s report.
Ad Kan said members of the audience shouted “We don’t care,” “Shame on you” and “We don’t want to hear,” Walla reported.
Visegrád 24 described Taasa as having been thrown out. Who allegedly removed her, and the precise circumstances of her departure, have not been independently established for this article.
Gil Taasa died protecting his sons
On October 7, 2023, Hamas terrorists attacked Netiv HaAsara, where the Taasa family lived. Gil Taasa, 46, a firefighter and father of four, was with his younger sons, Koren and Shay, when a grenade was thrown toward the shelter where they had taken cover.
Israel’s official Yizkor memorial records that Gil jumped onto the grenade, shielding his sons with his body. He was killed. Koren and Shay, aged 12 and eight at the time, survived but were wounded.
Shay lost sight in one eye. The boys later reached their mother’s home, where she had been sheltering with their brother Zohar. That same morning, their eldest brother, 17 year old Or, was murdered at Zikim Beach, where he had gone fishing.
Gil was buried beside Or in Netiv HaAsara.
The film at the center of the protest
Directed by Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, NAZA focuses on Israeli military targeting in Gaza and allegations concerning civilian deaths. Its title comes from the Hebrew term nezek agavi, meaning collateral damage. The film features testimony from 24 Israeli military sources whose identities are concealed.
Visegrád 24 called it “anti-IDF propaganda.” Ad Kan has also accused the film of misrepresenting the war. Taasa’s intervention focused on her demand that audiences hear what Hamas had done to her family.
The IDF rejects the film’s portrayal of its targeting procedures; the Guardian, which produced it, says it stands behind its reporting.
Taking her family’s story abroad
The Delft confrontation follows Taasa’s efforts to bring her family’s experience to international audiences. In 2024, she traveled to London with Koren and Shay to speak about the massacre and the injuries they survived, The Jewish Chronicle reported.
In a statement supplied to Ynet after the Delft screening, Taasa described her mission as fighting antisemitism and changing the narrative around the war.
