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Filmmaker Hamdan Ballal, who won the Oscar for a documentary film No other land in Oscar 2025, was recently attacked by dozens of Israeli migrants. The filmmaker suffered several injuries in the house attack and he bleed a lot. It is being claimed that the Israeli army has taken him into its possession, although the director Basal Andre, who is present with Hamdan at the time of the attack, is missing and no news is being received.
Director Basal Andre has told in an interview to AP that those people were in Hamdan’s house in West Bank, when more than two dozen masked people came there. He had guns and attacked the entire village.
Director Basal Andre also mentioned the incident on social media posts. He wrote, I was standing there with the seven -year -old son of Karam and Hamdan, where he had blood in Hamdan’s house and where he was attacked. Hamdan is one of the 4 co-directors of no other land, who are still missing. Soldiers have taken them, they were injured, they were bleeding. In this way, those people will erase the Masafar Yatta area.
In a statement issued by the Center for Jewish Non Violence, the Israeli migrants attacked Susia village of Masafar Yatta and damaged the property there. In the attack, Hamdan Ballal’s head started bleeding and an ambulance was called for him. At the same time the Israeli army reached and was taken into custody from there. Now no news of them is getting.
Israeli army claims- arrested for throwing stones at the army
The Israeli army told the media that they have detained three Palestinians and an Israeli citizen involved in the violence on suspicion of throwing stones at the army. The army has handed over some of them to the Israeli police, while a citizen has been taken for medical treatment. However, the people present in the incident have denied this army claim.
Director said- This is a punishment for making a film
Basal Andre has told in an interview to AP that since those people have returned from Oscar Ceremony, they have been constantly attacking. He said, this is like taking revenge on us to make a film. Let us tell you that the Oscar winning documentary film No Other Land is on the Israel-Filistine Conflict. The film also shows the worse atmosphere of the West Bank. At this place, the filmmaker has now been attacked.
