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The Israeli documentary "NAZA," in which military insiders describe what they say was the reckless killing of civilians in Gaza, opened in U.S. theaters.
The film, which won a record 25-minute standing ovation at its Venice Film Festival debut, argues that Israel used sophisticated systems, some run by artificial intelligence, to hunt suspected militants. It contends the military carried out strikes it knew would kill large numbers of civilians.
Its title is the Hebrew acronym for "collateral damage."
The Israeli military has "categorically" denied the filmmakers' findings and threatened to track down the soldiers who spoke to them.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the film antisemitic, and a Cabinet minister threatened to strip the filmmakers of their citizenship.
The backlash in Israel comes as the country heads into its own elections at the end of this month.
The release lands in a politically charged moment in the United States.
Israel's wartime conduct has drawn global outrage, as have the billions of dollars in military support provided by both the Biden and Trump administrations.
At the film's New York Film Festival premiere last month, Abraham said the film shows the "slaughter of so many civilians in Gaza" and "the massacres at food sites."
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