Palestinian Oscar winner Hamdan Ballal held by Israeli soldiers after attack by settlers, activists say

Hamdan Ballal was beaten by settlers before being taken away, his No Other Land co-director said.

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Hamdan Ballal, who co-directed No Other Land, had his house in the Israeli-occupied West Bank surrounded by settlers during an attack on Monday, the activists said.

His co-director Yuval Abraham said Mr Ballal was beaten by settlers then taken by soldiers while in an ambulance. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said no Palestinian had been detained from an ambulance. Mr Abraham said on Tuesday afternoon that Mr Ballal had been freed.

The IDF said three Palestinians and an Israeli had been detained on suspicion of "rock hurling" at security forces.

Earlier, an activist who was at the scene told the BBC the three detained Palestinians, including Mr Ballal, were injured in the settler attack and were being held at an Israeli police station in the West Bank.

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