They Kept Beating Him for 20 Minutes: Israeli Forces Release Palestinian Filmmaker After Violent Settler Attack

Occupied West Bank (Quds News Network)- Israeli forces released Palestinian filmmaker Hamdan Ballal on Tuesday after kidnapping him following a brutal attack by Israeli settlers in Susiya, a village in the occupied West Bank. Ballal, one of the co-directors of the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land, suffered serious injuries before being detained by Israeli soldiers.

According to Ballal, the settlers beat him for about 20 minutes, leaving him bleeding heavily. Despite his…