Together with others divided under the same blue sky, Ayla Pierrot Arendt´s gaze is creating an urgent record of life on the brink of terror and war. GAZE IN BATTLE follows the director´s transition from mere observation to a searing experience in Israel / Palestine in the summer of 2023. As protests unfold in Tel Aviv and violence intensifies in the West Bank, Arendt grapples with threats and contradictions.