The Oscar-winning director of a documentary on the Israel-Palestinian conflict was arrested late on Monday after being injured during a raid by Israeli settlers on his village in the occupied West Bank,

Hamdan Ballal, co-director of “No Other Land,” was blindfolded and taken into custody by Israeli forces, according to his lawyer, footage from the scene and witnesses.

A Palestinian Oscar winner has been attacked by Israeli settlers, activists who witnessed the event say, before being detained by the Israeli military.

Palestinian health workers said Israeli strikes killed at least 23 people in the Gaza Strip overnight into Tuesday. The dead included three children and their parents, who were killed in a strike on their tent near the southern city of Khan Younis,

The United Nations is withdrawing about one-third of its international work force in Gaza, with the reduction coming after an Israeli tank shell hit a U.N. compound.

The United Nations has said it will “reduce its footprint” in the Gaza Strip after an Israeli tank strike hit one of its compounds last week, killing one staffer and wounding five others