Oscar-winning Palestinian filmmaker reportedly attacked by Israeli settlers is free, according to co-director

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Deadline, Yuval Abraham, who directed the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land alongside Ballal, posted on X/Twitter earlier today (March 25) that, “After being handcuffed all night and beaten in a military base, Hamdan Ballal is now free and is about to go home to his family.”This comes after reports emerged yesterday that Ballal had been attacked by Israeli settlers at his house, before being detained by military forces.After being handcuffed all night and beaten in a military base, Hamdan Ballal is now free and is about to go home to his family.— Yuval Abraham יובל אברהם (@yuval_abraham) March 25, 2025 The Guardian cited five Jewish American activists who witnessed the incident, who said that Ballal was “surrounded and attacked by a group of about 15 armed settlers in Susya in the Masafer Yatta area south of Hebron”.According to the witnesses, the settlers started throwing stones towards Ballal and other Palestinians, destroying a nearby water tank and Ballal’s car.

A group of soldiers and settlers dressed in military uniform then arrived at the scene, who chased Ballal before he was eventually arrested.Abraham had shared the news on X yesterday.

He wrote: “A group of settlers just lynched Hamdan Ballal, co director of our film no other land. They beat him and he has injuries in his head and stomach, bleeding.

Soldiers invaded the ambulance he called, and took him. No sign of him since.”A group of settlers just lynched Hamdan Ballal, co director of our film no other land.