Awdah has a leader of the Palestinian community who was a consultant at the Oscar -winning documentary “No Other Land”, died on Monday after an Israeli settler allegedly killed him in a holiday in the busy Bank.
The filmmaker and subject of “No Other Land” Yuval Abraham announced the death of his colleague on Monday, writing in X (previously Twitter) “,”, “,”[Hathaleen] I just died. Killed. “Two hours before, Abraham shared the videos of the confrontation that led to the death of Hathaleen.
In the legend of his video, Abraham writes that the settler “just shot” has in the lungs and identified the shooter as Yinon Levi. Levi was one of the 13 hard line israeli settlers attacked last year for international sanctions for their alleged attacks and harassment of Palestinians in the West Bank. President Trump lifted US sanctions against the Israelis in January.
“This is him in the video shooting like crazy,” Abraham tweeted.
The incident occurred in the town of UMM al-khair, in the Masafer Yatta region that was the focus of “no other land.” Hathaleen was urgently taken to a hospital in Israel, where he was declared dead, his family confirmed to New York Times. I was 31 years old.
According to multiple reports, the Israeli police said they responded to the scene, stopping and arresting an Israeli citizen. The police did not identify the detainee they took to interrogate him, and claimed “terrorists threw rocks towards” the near Israeli settlement of Carmel, according to CNN. In addition, the Israeli army arrested five Palestinians and two foreign tourists for their alleged participation in Monday's incident, the BBC reported.
The IDF did not respond immediately to the request for confirmation of the Times on Tuesday.
The filmmaker “No Other Land” and Palestinian journalist Basel Adra on Tuesday a video that shows the attack from another angle. In this video, Levi is seen with the gun in his right hand, hitting a person in front of him. The clip also sees Levi raising his right arm and shooting off the screen. Adra says that Levi “triggers the bullet that he took” Hathaleen's life, and adds his subtitle that “the apartheid court decided to free him for home arrest.”
On Monday, Adra tweeted that he was incredulous for the death of his friend: “My dear friend Adwah was killed tonight. He was standing in front of the community center in his town, where a settler shot a bullet that pierced his chest and took his life.
On Instagram, the Jewish non -violence center described Hathaleen as a known community figure: “An activist, artist and teacher in the community of Masafer Yatta of the West Bank.” The activist group reminded Instagram followers who Hathaleen last month and another Palestinian man were denied entry, stopped overnight and deported back to Bcohol when they arrived at the San Francisco International Airport.
“Many in our community knew Awdah, and they won a lot to learn from him and be his friend,” said the organization, concluding his statement with a call to action. “That Awdah's memory is a revolution. We see justice for Awdah and Justice for all Palestinians, within our life.”
Earlier this year, Israeli settlers brutalized another member of the Oscar -winning team “No Other Land”. In March, the Palestinian filmmaker Hamdan Ballal was beaten in his head and stomach by settlers in the town of Susiya in the Masafer Yatta area. The Palestinian residents said that the settlers, some who used masks, some who carry weapons and others who used military uniforms, attacked when the residents broke quickly during the Muslim Holy Month of Ramadan, according to The Associated Press. The Israeli military and police forces arrested the filmmaker under suspicion of throwing rocks in the FDI and the Police.
He was released a day later, with bruises on the face and blood in his clothes. When he remembered having heard “the voice of the soldiers who laugh at me,” his wife said he felt international attention around the victory of the Oscar “no other land” led the settlers to “attack us more.” The documentary heartbreaking, which became an object of controversy in Miami Beach earlier this year, documents the demolition of Israel of the Palestinian Palestinian Yatta villages and the displacement of their communities in favor of the Israeli military training land.
Since Israel launched its war against Hamas almost two years ago, more than 60,000 Palestinians have been killed, Gaza's Ministry of Health said Tuesday. At least 77 were killed in the last 24 hours, most while looking for food.
Associated Press contributed to this report.
