Hamdan Ballal, a Palestinian filmmaker, was violently attacked by Israeli settlers shortly after his documentary 'No Other Land' won an Oscar. Witnesses and his co-director, Yuval Abraham, noted that after Ballal called an ambulance for help, Israeli soldiers detained him by stopping the ambulance. The attack has been described as a lynching, reflecting systemic issues of violence against Palestinians and the harsh realities of life under occupation. As tensions escalate in the southern occupied West Bank village of Susiya, the unsafe conditions for residents are becoming increasingly apparent.
A mob of Israeli settlers has attacked Palestinian filmmaker and activist Hamdan Ballal just three weeks after the documentary he co-directed on the violence of Israel's occupation of Palestine, No Other Land, won an Oscar.
According to his co-director Yuval Abraham, Ballal called for an ambulance after settlers attacked him but was detained by Israeli soldiers who stopped the ambulance to arrest him.
Abraham described the attack as a lynching, stating "They beat [Ballal] and he has injuries in his head and stomach, bleeding." He noted that soldiers had invaded the ambulance he called.
"I'm standing with Karam, Hamdan's 7-year-old son, near the blood of Hamdan's in his house, after settlers lynched him. This is how they erase Masafer Yatta," said co-director Basel Adra.
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