Hamdan Ballal, the Palestinian co-director of the Academy Award-winning documentary No Other Land, was lynched by a group of settlers, with IDF soldiers invading the ambulance he contacted to tend to his wounds and was later then taken by the IDF as well, according to a post on X/Twitter by the film’s Israeli co-director, Yuval Abraham.

Abraham added that he was beaten, bleeding, and wounded in his head and stomach. Abraham also added that Ballal had since disappeared and that it’s “unclear whether he is receiving medical treatment or what is happening to him.”

Abraham made the posts on the social media platform in Hebrew and English. He then uploaded a video with a masked settler whom he claims to be one of the individuals who attacked Ballal’s village, adding that “they continued to attack American activists, breaking their car with stones. Hamdan’s location is still unknown.”

Israeli director Yuval Abraham (l) and Palestinian director Basel Adra speak on stage after having received the documentary award for ”No Other Land” during the 74th Berlinale International Film Festival, Feb. 24, 2024 in Berlin. (credit: JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES/JTA)

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