Overview

• Odeh Hadalin, a Palestinian activist who helped film the Oscar-winning documentary “No Other Land,” was shot dead in Masafer Yatta on July 28 by an identified settler.
• Residents and filmmakers identified the shooter as Yinon Levi, who had been sanctioned by the EU and the U.S. for previous attacks on Palestinians.
• Israel Police arrested Levi and a magistrate’s court in Jerusalem placed him under restrictive house arrest pending homicide and illegal weapons charges.
• Neither the Palestinian Authority nor the Israel Defense Forces have publicly commented on the killing or measures to safeguard local activists.
• Human rights groups and community leaders have condemned the killing and demanded stronger legal accountability as settler violence in Masafer Yatta has escalated since October 2023.