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Oscar-winning Palestinian director Basel Adra says his home in West Bank raided by Israeli soldiers
Basel Adra's home was searched by Israeli soldiers after settlers attacked his village, with his family members injured and his wife’s phone examined during the raid.
- On Saturday, Israeli soldiers raided the West Bank home of Palestinian Oscar-winning filmmaker Basel Adra after settlers attacked his village near At-Tuwani.
- The raid followed a settler assault that injured two of Adra's brothers and involved settlers trespassing on his olive grove from the illegal Havat Ma'on outpost.
- During the home invasion, nine soldiers questioned Adra's wife about his whereabouts and searched her phone while his nine-month-old daughter was present at the house.
- Adra stated, "They were attacking us on private land," denied allegations that his group threw rocks, and said police do nothing despite dozens of complaints against settlers grazing sheep on their olive trees.
- The events illustrate escalating settler violence and military pressure against Palestinians in Masafer Yatta, a designated Israeli live-fire zone where many residents face displacement threats.
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Israeli forces raid West Bank home of Palestinian 'No Other Land' co-director Basel Adra
'Look, It's the Oscar Winner' | Co-director Yuval Abraham Said the Raid Occurred After Israeli Settlers Attacked Palestinians in Masafer Yatta. This Was the Third Incident in Recent Months in Which Activists Connected to the Film Were Harmed in Attacks by Settlers and Israeli Forces
This time, Basel Adra was targeted; previously, the Israeli army had also attacked other creators of the high-profile documentary.
Israeli army raids Oscar-winning Palestinian director's West Bank home
Basel Adra co-directed the film No Other Land, a joint Palestinian-Israeli production that chronicles the struggle by residents to stop the Israeli military from demolishing the occupied West Bank's Masafer Yatta.
Filmmaker and activist Basel Adra, awarded for the documentary No Other Land, accused that members of the Israel Defense Forces carried out the raid on his search, at the time he was in the hospital after a settler attack on his village.
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