Israeli forces on Monday night arrested a creator of the Oscar-winning documentary film “No Other Land” after he was reportedly injured during clashes between settlers and Palestinians in the southern West Bank village of Susya.

Palestinian reports and eyewitnesses said dozens of settlers attacked the village, throwing stones at residents, cars and houses. According to the police, Palestinians responded by throwing stones back.

Alongside Hamdan Ballal, two other Palestinians — Khaled Shenran and Nasser Shariteh — were arrested on suspicion of stone-throwing while an Israeli suspected of taking part in the violence was also detained.

The three were released on bail on Tuesday afternoon and taken to a Palestinian hospital for treatment.

The Israel Defense Forces said the violence began “after a number of terrorists threw rocks toward Israeli citizens and struck their cars” near Susya.

Footage from the village showed a masked individual throwing stones and attacking Palestinians, and hitting the car of activists who had come to assist the residents. An activist with the Center for Jewish Nonviolence, Josh Kimelman, told The Associated Press that the settlers attacked their cars to make them flee the area.

According to a Palestinian at the scene, a Palestinian vehicle was also damaged by stones.

Four Palestinians were injured by stones, most of them lightly, eyewitnesses said. The military said an Israeli citizen wounded in........

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