I woke up terrified at 2:00 a.m. to the sound of loud banging at our front door. My father opened the door and a large number of Israeli soldiers entered our home. Among them was an intelligence officer. The soldiers had a list of names of people they wanted to arrest.

 

The soldiers told my father to gather all of his family in the living room and then the intelligence officer took my brother aside. I think he questioned him about boys who throw stones. The intelligence officer then told my father he wanted to arrest me and my two brothers. He didn’t tell us the reason for the arrest or where they were going to take us.

 

The soldiers told me to get ready and then took me and my two brothers outside. Once outside they immediately tied my hands behind my back with one plastic tie. The tie was very tight and painful. They also blindfolded me and walked me towards the military jeeps that were waiting near our house.

 

When we got to the jeeps the soldiers made me and my brothers sit on the ground in the heavy rain near the jeeps for about 30 minutes. Then they put me in the back of a jeep and made me sit on the metal floor. The jeep drove for about 30 minutes before stopping at police station in Etzion settlement.

 

On arrival at Etzion I was taken to a shipping container where I sat on the floor until around 4:00 a.m. I was then taken to see a doctor who removed the blindfold and examined me. He blindfolded me again when he was done. Then I was taken back to the shipping container. I wasn’t given any food or drink and I remained in the shipping container until around 4:00 p.m. when I was taken to an interrogation room.

 

The interrogator removed the blindfold and the tie and asked me whether I needed a lawyer. I told him I did. He then called my father and told him I was at Etzion and asked him to appoint a lawyer for me. There was a tape recorder in the room. The interrogator did not inform me of my right to silence.

 

The interrogator accused me of throwing stones and Molotov cocktail at soldiers. I told him this was not true. He then showed me a photo of a masked person on his computer screen. He claimed the masked person was me. I told him it wasn’t me.

 

The interrogation lasted for about 30 minutes. During the interrogation the interrogator swore at me calling me "a fucker son of a whore". When I denied the accusation he slapped me and hit me with a roll of toilet paper on my face. The whole time he wanted me to confess to throwing stones and Molotov cocktail at soldiers. He told me a soldier witnessed me but he never confronted me with anyone. I continued to deny the accusation. He then printed out my statement in Hebrew and wanted me to sign it but I refused.

 

After the interrogation was over he took my photograph and my fingerprints and took me into another room where he made me sit on the floor. He tied and blindfolded me as before.

 

At around 8:00 p.m. I was put in the back of a jeep which drove for about an hour to Kiryat Arba settlement where I was immediately taken for another interrogation. The interrogator wore an Israeli police uniform. He took my photograph and my fingerprints and asked me whether I knew why I was there. When I told him I didn’t he told me I was accused of throwing stones and Molotov cocktails at soldiers. I told him I didn’t throw anything at anyone. When he heard what I said he slapped me.

 

The second interrogation lasted for about 30 minutes and I continued to deny the accusations. He did not inform me of my rights. I was then taken back to Etzion where I was strip searched and taken into a cell where I spent three days. There were other detainees my age in the cell and I slept on a mattress on the floor. I wasn’t given any food at all during the first day.

 

During this time I had two military court hearings at Ofer, near Jerusalem. My parents and my lawyer attended the hearings. On the third day I was taken to Ofer prison where I was strip searched and taken into the juvenile section. I later found out that the court decided to release me and that my family had to pay a fine of NIS 1,000 and guarantee that I don’t take part in stone throwing incidents. The court also informed my family that if I am arrested again within six months they were going to lock me up in prison for a whole year.

 

I was released from Ofer on 16 February 2016, at around 10:00 p.m. and I went home with my family. We arrived home at around midnight.