Archive · 14 Sep 2025
Israeli Soldiers Raid Palestinian Director Basel Adra's Home
Imagine a famous filmmaker named Basel who won an Oscar.
On Saturday, while he was helping his injured family, Israeli soldiers went to his home.
They looked for him, checked his wife's phone, and briefly kept one of his relatives.
This happened after some people threw rocks and some others were attacked.
Basel makes movies about how people in his area are struggling because of the military.
He feels like they are being targeted since winning an award.
His co-director is worried for him and says this kind of thing has happened many times before.
Israeli soldiers raided the home of Palestinian Oscar-winning director Basel Adra in the West Bank.
The soldiers searched the house and questioned his wife while Adra was away.
The raid followed an attack by Israeli settlers on Adra's village, injuring several people.
The Israeli military said its presence was related to a rock-throwing incident by Palestinians.
Adra and his co-director feel they are being targeted since winning an Oscar for their documentary.
- Who
- Israeli soldiers and Palestinian director Basel Adra.
- What
- Israeli soldiers raided Adra's home in the West Bank, searched it, and questioned his wife. This followed a settler attack on his village.
- When
- Saturday
- Where
- West Bank, specifically Masafer Yatta
- Why
- The Israeli military stated they were in the village after Palestinians threw rocks, and also in response to recent events.
Palestinian Perspective
Israeli Perspective
Military Presence in West Bank
Palestinian Perspective
Adra's co-director sees the army's presence as a way to harass Palestinians.
Israeli Perspective
The Israeli military says soldiers were in the village after a rock-throwing incident, and were searching the area.
- Subject
- Basel Adra, Palestinian Oscar-winning director
- Location of Raid
- West Bank
- Incident
- Israeli soldiers searched Adra's home and questioned his wife
- Reason for Military Presence
- Aftermath of rock-throwing incident and settler attacks
- Film
- "No Other Land"
- Film's Subject
- Struggle against Israeli military demolitions