I was arrested on a street in my village at around 2:30 p.m. I was with some friends and we were playing near the Wall when suddenly an Israeli military jeep appeared and four soldiers got out. I started to run when I saw the soldiers and went into a house where I hid for a few minutes before the owner of the house asked me to leave because he didn’t want soldiers storming into his home.

 

As soon I came out of the house the soldiers grabbed me and took me to the back of a military jeep and made me sit on the floor. The jeep drove around the village for about 30 minutes and then went to a nearby military base where I was put in a courtyard and sat on a chair. A soldier blindfolded me and I remained there for about an hour.

 

After an hour I was taken to a shipping container and a commander removed the blindfold and started to ask me some general questions like my name, age and about my village. He then told me I was under arrest because I was accused of throwing stones at soldiers.

 

I denied the accusation and told him I was playing with friends. He accused me of lying and claimed he had pictures of me throwing stones at soldiers. I challenged him to show me the pictures but he never did. This went on for about 15 minutes. The commander did not inform me of any rights. He asked me for names of boys who throw stones but I told him I didn’t know anyone. He then told me he was going to put my name in the computer so that I will be denied permits in the future.

 

He then took me to another shipping container where he blindfolded me and made me sit on the floor where I remained for about an hour. During this time I was given some food and water and I was allowed to use the toilet. I was then put in the back of a jeep where I sat on the floor. The jeep drove towards the agricultural gate near our village and the soldiers dropped me off and told me to go home. I arrived home at around 9:30 p.m.