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Oscar-Winning Filmmaker Basel Adra Says Israeli Forces Raided His West Bank Home After Settler Attack

The army says it entered At-Tuwani to investigate rock-throwing that injured two Israelis, a claim Adra disputes.

Overview

  • Adra reports that settlers from the illegal Havat Ma'on outpost entered his family's olive grove and assaulted him, two brothers, a cousin, and a foreign activist, with one brother hospitalized after being struck by an ATV.
  • He says soldiers later searched his house for him, looked through his wife's phone, briefly detained an uncle, and blocked the village entrance, leaving him afraid to return home while his 9-month-old daughter was inside.
  • The Israel Defense Forces say they deployed to the area after reports that Palestinians hurled rocks at Israeli civilians, injuring two, and that forces were conducting searches and questioning suspects.
  • Videos filmed by a cousin and viewed by the Associated Press show settlers attacking a man identified as Adra's brother, with hospital records noting bruising to his hand, elbow, and chest.
  • Adra and colleagues from the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land say targeting has intensified since the film’s acclaim, citing the March assault and detention of co-director Hamdan Ballal.