The Israeli military has confirmed arresting three Palestinians in the Masafar Yatta area, without naming Ballal, according to Al Jazeera.

In a post on X, it said it sent soldiers to the village of Susya to defuse tensions after “terrorists” threw stones at Israeli settlers. But the “terrorists” began throwing stones at the soldiers and the police, resulting in the arrest of three Palestinians and an Israeli, it said.

It denied reports that a “Palestinian was arrested while inside an ambulance”.

Earlier, Israeli journalist and No Other Land co-director Yuval Abraham, said that a group of “armed KKK-like masked settlers” had “lynched” Ballal and that he had injuries to his stomach and head. But Israeli “soldiers invaded the ambulance he called, and took him”.