"The soldiers asked his wife, Suha, for his whereabouts and went through her phone, he said, while his 9-month-old daughter was home. They also briefly detained one of his uncles, he said. As of Saturday night, Adra said he had no way of returning home to check on his family, because soldiers were blocking the entrance to the village and he was scared of being detained."
"Adra has spent his career as a journalist and filmmaker chronicling settler violence in Masafer Yatta, the southern reaches of West Bank where he was born. After settlers attacked his co-director, Hamdan Ballal, in March, he told the AP that he felt they were being targeted more intensely since winning the Oscar. He described Saturday's events as horrific. Even if you are just filming the settlers, the army comes and chases you, searches your house, he said."
Israeli soldiers raided Basel Adra's West Bank home, asked his wife for his whereabouts and searched her phone while their 9-month-old daughter was at home. Settlers attacked his village, injuring two of his brothers and one cousin; Adra accompanied them to the hospital. Soldiers briefly detained one of his uncles and later blocked the village entrance, preventing Adra from returning and causing fear of detention. Adra is an Oscar-winning Palestinian director who has chronicled settler violence in Masafer Yatta and said the team has faced intensified targeting since winning the Oscar. Co-directors described a recurring dynamic of settler attacks followed by army actions.
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