I was arrested at around 2:00 p.m. in an area called Rabah. I was with my friend at the time when all of a sudden some Israeli soldiers started to chase us. I did not run away and the soldiers grabbed me. A soldier started to slap and kick me and beat me with the back of his gun.

 

Then the soldiers tied my hands to the front with one plastic tie which was very tight. I was also blindfolded. I was then taken to the back of a military 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 examined by a doctor who removed the blindfold and then put it back on when he was finished I was then taken to a shipping container where I sat on the floor for about two hours. The soldiers did not allow me to use the bathroom or to drink water. An interrogator then took me to the interrogation room at around 4:30 p.m.

 

The interrogator did not inform me of any rights. He told me I was accused of stealing bullets from the firing zone near our village. I told him this was not true. I also told him I was in the area with my friend to work the land and to plant vines. The interrogator accused me of lying. He then showed me pictures of boys and people from the village on his computer screen and wanted me to tell him their names and whether they throw stones or not. I told him I only knew some of them but I didn’t know whether they throw stones or not.

 

He then repeated the same accusation and told me that soldier saw me stealing bullets. He claimed they also saw me stealing scrap metal from the same area. I challenged him to show me any pictures or any other evidence but he never did. The first round of interrogation lasted for about two hours.

 

I was then taken to see another interrogator who told me it was better for me to confess otherwise I was going to spend a long time in prison. I told him I had nothing to confess to. The second round of interrogation lasted for about an hour. In the end the interrogator printed out my statement in Hebrew and asked me to sign it and I did without understanding what it said.  He then took my photograph and my fingerprints. Soldiers then strip searched me and took me into a prison cell in Etzion with other boys.

 

I spent two nights at Etzion and I slept on the floor without a mattress or a blanket. I was given some food. On the third day soldiers shackled and handcuffed me and took me to Ofer prison, near Jerusalem, where I was strip searched and taken into the juvenile section.

 

I had three military court hearings at Ofer. My parents and my lawyer were in court. At the last hearing I was fined NIS 1,000 and released from prison at around 11:00 p.m. on 11 February 2016. I went home with my mother and relatives who were waiting for me outside prison. We arrived home at around midnight.