I was asleep and I woke up to the sound of Israeli soldiers surrounding our house. It was 4:00 a.m. Then I heard loud banging at our front door. My mother answered and a large group of soldiers entered the house and ordered all of us to gather in one room.

 

The soldiers said they were looking for my brother Ahmad who was not at home that night. The soldiers then searched our house and turned things upside down. They threw things on the floor and the house was a mess.

 

When they did not find my brother the commander said that they would arrest all his male siblings until he handed himself in. The commander then gave my mother a document summonsing my brother Ahmad to the police station in Etzion settlement the following day. The commander then gave my mother a document with details about my arrest but he did not tell her where they were taking me.

 

The soldiers then took me outside and tied my hands to the front with two plastic ties. The ties were very tight and painful and caused me severe pain for a long time. I was also blindfolded. I was then put in the back of a jeep where I sat on the floor.

 

The jeep drove for about 30 minutes to the police station in Etzion settlement. On arrival at Etzion I was taken to an open area where they made me sit on the ground. It was during Ramadan and I was fasting at the time. As the day got hotter I passed out from the heat and hunger. I asked the soldiers to move me to the shade but they initially refused. I continued to plead with them and eventually a soldier aggressively lifted me up and threw me in the shade.

 

Later that morning I was examined by a doctor who removed the blindfold. When I complained to him about the ties he cut them off. After the examination I was tied again as before and the ties were tight and painful. Then I was taken to a hot room where my other brothers were being held. By this time I had a severe headache and my hands were painful so I started to shout and scream because I could take it no longer.

 

The soldiers then took me to a cooler room with a fan and allowed me to wash my face and to drink water.  Then the soldiers took me and my brothers to a troop carrier which drove for about 90 minutes and stopped at a place I did not recognise. They took my brothers for questioning and told me they were going to question me too but they never did.

 

I asked for food because I was tired and hungry and they brought me some food and I ate. By this time it was around 4:30 p.m. Then I was taken back to the troop carrier with my brothers which took us to Etzion where I was released with one of my brothers at around 7:00 p.m. and we went home. We arrived home at around 8:00 p.m.