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BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Iyad Burnat, star of the Oscar-nominated film 5 Broken Cameras, was among those shot by Israeli forces during the weekly protest in his village of Bilin on Friday.

Israeli forces opened fire on a demonstration against the separation wall four in Bilin on Friday afternoon, injuring four individuals including Iyad Burnat and two other members of his family. Dozens of others suffered from excessive tear gas inhalation.

Iyad was struck by two rubber-coated steel bullets in the thigh.

In a Facebook post on Friday evening, Burnat said that he was "fine."

He added in a separate post on Saturday that "the bullet that does not kill us makes us stronger."

Iyad Burnat is the brother of Emad Burnat, a Palestinian farmer whose film 5 Broken Cameras was nominated for an Academy Award in 2012. He was the first Palestinian to ever receive that honor.

Iyad Burnat is a leader of Bilin's protest movement and was a central protagonist of the documentary film.

The film follows Bilin villagers as they engage in a campaign of non-violent resistance against Israeli authorities as they construct the separation wall through their village, confiscating large parts of the village lands in the process.