I heard rumours there were clashes with Israeli soldiers in the area near the Wall and that some boys were throwing stones. After hearing these rumours I decided to go with my classmates to see what was going on. It was around 9:30 a.m.

 

As soon as we arrived near the Wall I could see some soldiers in the distance. Suddenly a military jeep started to chase me and my friends. We were totally surprised by the jeep. I tried to run as fast as I could but the soldiers yelled at me and threatened to shoot if I didn’t stop, so I stopped.

 

The soldiers grabbed me and immediately slapped me and asked me why I was throwing stones at the soldiers. I told them I wasn’t throwing stones. Then they painfully handcuffed me to the front with metal handcuffs and also shackled my legs. Then they carried me and the other boys they arrested and threw us on top of each other into the back of the jeep on the floor. Then they started to beat me and the other boys and I screamed and shouted of pain. I was terrified of them and I started to cry.

 

The jeep drove a short distance to Ofer prison, near Jerusalem, where I was taken out of the jeep and made to sit on the ground in the cold weather. I remained in the open air for about 90 minutes. During this time a soldier called me "a son of a whore". After 90 minutes a soldier asked me for my father’s telephone number. They called my father and asked him to come to Ofer. A short while later, I saw my father in the distance but I wasn’t allowed to speak to him.

 

After about 90 minutes I was put in the back of a jeep with the other boys and we were driven to Atarot police station, in East Jerusalem. I was beaten and slapped on the way. At Atarot I saw my father again but I wasn’t allowed to speak to him. I was taken to a hall with the other boys and some soldiers guarded us.

 

At around 6:00 p.m. it was my turn to be interrogated. Prior to interrogation I was offered some food but I did not eat anything because it was unappetizing, but I had some water.

 

My father was allowed into the interrogation room but the interrogator told him not to say anything. The interrogator removed the handcuffs and he had a tape recorder in the room. He asked me and my father whether we wanted a lawyer and my father told him I didn’t do anything wrong so I didn't need a lawyer. The interrogator did not inform me that I had a right to silence.

 

Then the interrogator asked me what I was doing in the area where I was arrested near the Wall and why I was throwing stones at soldiers. I told him I wasn’t throwing stones. Then he told me one of the other boys arrested with me had confessed against me. I challenged the interrogator to confront me with the boy but he never did.

 

By this time the interrogator had lost his temper and threatened that if I didn’t confess he was going to lock me up in prison for a long period of time. Still, I continued to deny the accusation. The interrogation lasted for about an hour. In the end the interrogator printed out my statement in Hebrew and asked me to sign it but I refused to sign and told the interrogator I wasn’t going to sign anything I did not understand.

 

Then he took my photograph and my fingerprints and took me back to the hall where I was handcuffed again. My father was in the hall with me until around 11:00 p.m. when the soldiers told him to go home because I was going to spend the night in prison. They told my father to attend my military court hearing the following day.

 

Then I was put in a police car where I sat on a seat. The car drove me back to Ofer prison where I was strip searched and taken to Section 13.

 

The following day I was taken to the military court which my parents and my lawyer attended. I was allowed to speak to my parents and the hearing was adjourned. The following day I was taken to the waiting room outside the military court where I waited from around 8:00 a.m. to about 6:00 p.m. At 6:00 p.m. I was taken back to the prison cell and I was never taken into the court room.

 

On Sunday, 1 January 2017, I had another military court hearing. The court agreed to release me on bail pending the next hearing and asked my parents to pay NIS 2,000 which the lawyer was able to reduce to NIS1,000. I was also told to report at the police station in the settlement of Bet El every Sunday morning. I was released the same day at 2:00 p.m.

 

My next hearing is scheduled for 15 February 2017.