I was asleep when I woke up to someone ringing our front door bell at 3:00 a.m. By the time I got up Israeli soldiers were already inside our home. My father wasn’t at home that night. The soldiers asked to see my mother’s identity card where my name is recorded in the annex. A soldier then told my mother they were arresting me. They gave my mother a document with details about my arrest and told her they were going to interrogate me in the settlement of Etzion. One of the soldiers told me to get dressed.

 

I was taken outside where the soldiers tied my hands to the front with three plastic ties: one on each wrist and one connecting the two. I was also blindfolded and put in the back of a jeep where I sat on a seat.

 

The jeep drove for about five minutes towards the entrance to the village before it stopped and I was transferred to a troop carrier. There were other detainees in the vehicle. A soldier removed the blindfold and a doctor came and asked me some medical questions. He gave me a questionnaire to fill out. Then I was blindfolded again. The vehicle drove for about 15 minutes before it arrived at the settlement of Etzion. I was taken to a room with other detainees where I stayed for about one-and-a-half hours.

 

At around 7:00 a.m. a soldier took me to an interrogation room. The interrogator wore civilian clothes. He made me sit on a chair and removed the blindfold and the ties. He spoke fluent Arabic. Before he started to interrogate me he told me I had the right to remain silent and to consult with a lawyer. He asked me for my father’s telephone number and called my father and told him to appoint me a lawyer. He also told my father to pay the lawyer lots of money because I was accused of many accusations. I think he was exaggerating to scare me. Although he told me I had the right to consult with a lawyer he questioned me before I did.

 

The interrogator started by accusing me of throwing stones at soldiers. He then showed me a photo of a person he claimed had confessed against me. I told him I didn’t know the person in the photo and I denied the accusation. I told him I never threw stones at anyone. The first round of interrogation lasted for about 30 minutes. I was then taken outside the interrogation room where I waited in a corridor for about an hour. I was blindfolded and tied while waiting.

 

An hour later I was taken back to the interrogation room for a second round of questioning which lasted for about an hour. The interrogator again accused me of throwing stones and I denied the accusation again. He then printed out a document in Hebrew and asked me to sign it. I asked him to translate the document for me. When he did and I realised it was identical to what I had told him I signed it. I was photographed and fingerprinted and taken to the room where I was first taken to. I was handcuffed and blindfolded. I wasn’t given any food.

 

At around 3:00 p.m. I was taken to a bus with other detainees. The bus drove for about 30 minutes before arriving at Ofer prison, near Jerusalem. I remained on the bus until around 1:00 a.m., still without any food or the toilet. At around 1:00 a.m. I was strip searched and asked to crouch up and down a couple of times while naked. I was then given prison clothes and taken to Section 13 where I was put with other children.

 

At around 10:00 a.m. the following morning I was told I had a military court hearing. My parents did not attend the hearing but a lawyer was there to represent me. The hearing was adjourned for a week. On the second hearing there was no discussion in court. The military judge kept asking the prosecution for a charge sheet. The hearing was adjourned again pending a charge sheet. I had two more military court hearings but the prosecution never presented a charge sheet.

 

On 4 July 2014, I was taken to the waiting room at the military court. At around 6:00 p.m. I was taken back to prison without a hearing. At around 8:00 p.m a soldier told me I was going to be released. I took a taxi home because my parents were not informed of my release. In prison I did not study because it was the summer holiday and there were no tutors in prison. My parents did not visit me in prison.