Overview

• Hamdan Ballal, co-director of the Oscar-winning documentary 'No Other Land,' was attacked by masked Israeli settlers in Susiya, sustaining injuries to his head and stomach.
• Israeli soldiers detained Ballal from an ambulance where he was receiving treatment, blindfolding and handcuffing him before holding him overnight in freezing conditions at a military base.
• Ballal reported being beaten while in detention and described hearing soldiers laughing at him during his ordeal.
• His release on March 25 followed widespread condemnation from human rights organizations, including Amnesty International, which called for accountability for the attack and detention.
• The incident has drawn attention to escalating violence in Masafer Yatta, the subject of 'No Other Land,' and the risks faced by its creators after the film's Oscar win.