March 26, 2025
Palestinian filmmaker Hamdan Ballal holds his Oscar for Best Documentary Feature for "No Other Land" during the 97th Annual Academy Awards Governors Ball at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on March 2, 2025. PHOTO: AFP
Oscar-winning Palestinian director released by Israeli forces
Associated Press journalists on Tuesday (March 25) saw Hamdan Ballal and the two other Palestinians leaving the police station in the West Bank settlement of Kiryat Arba where they were being held. Mr. Ballal had bruises on his face and blood on his clothes.
