Jerusalem: Israeli police released Oscar-winning Palestinian filmmaker Hamdan Ballal on Tuesday, after detaining him a day earlier for “hurling rocks” following what activists described as an attack by settlers in the occupied West Bank. Basel Adra, who worked with Ballal on the Oscar-winning documentary “No Other Land”, posted a photo of Ballal on X after … Read more
Jerusalem: The Palestinian co-director of the Oscar-winning documentary “No Other Land” was attacked by settlers and arrested by the Israeli army on Monday in the occupied West Bank, according to his co-director Yuval Abraham. In a post on X, Abraham said a “group of settlers” had set upon Ballal. “They beat him and he has … Read more
The workers were rescued and transferred to a safe location. (Representational image) New Delhi: Ten Indian construction workers were rescued from Palestine’s West Bank village, a month after they were stripped of their passports, local media reported. News agency PTI quoted reports which claimed that the workers were lured to the West Bank village of … Read more
West Bank: Twelve-year-old Ayman Nasser al-Haymouny was visiting a relative in the southern city of Hebron in occupied West Bank when he was shot in the back and killed by Israeli forces last Friday. He was among 16 Palestinian children who have been targeted by Israeli troops in the West Bank since the beginning of … Read more
Ramallah: The Palestinian Red Crescent said an Israeli drone strike in a village in the occupied West Bank killed at least seven people on Wednesday, while the military said it had struck an “armed cell”. “An Israeli strike in the village of Tamun in the northern West Bank killed seven people,” the group said in … Read more