My mother woke me up at around 1:30 a.m. and told me that Israeli soldiers were at our front door looking for me. I got up and went to the living room where I found the soldiers talking to my father. They told him I was accused of throwing stones and they wanted to take me for questioning.

 

After I got dressed the soldiers took me outside. We walked for a short distance before the soldiers tied my hands to the front with three plastic ties: one on each wrist and one connecting the two. The ties were not painful. I was also blindfolded. I was then taken to the back of a military jeep where I was made to sit on the metal floor.

 

The jeep drove for about 30 minutes to a nearby military base. Along the way one of the soldiers struck me hard in the face with his helmet. I felt severe pain in my nose and head and I became dizzy. I was terrified and worried that the soldiers might kill me.

 

When we arrived at the military base I was taken to a room and the soldiers wanted me to sit on the floor but I refused and stood on my feet but the soldiers forced me down. I was still tied and blindfolded and remained there until around 7:00 a.m. I was in severe pain and the soldiers did not allow me to drink water or to use the toilet. I wasn’t examined by a doctor.

 

At around 7:00 a.m. I was taken back to a military jeep where I sat on the floor again. The jeep drove for about 15 minutes to the police station in Etzion settlement. At Etzion I was taken to a courtyard where I sat on the ground until around 10:00 a.m. I was then taken for interrogation.

 

The interrogator removed the ties and the blindfold and immediately accused me of throwing stones at soldiers. He also accused me of weapons possession. I denied the accusation. He did not inform me of my rights. He then showed me photographs of boys and wanted me to tell him which ones throw stones at soldiers. I told him I didn’t know. He then showed me a photograph of a boy who looked like me and told me it was me throwing stones. I told him the boy in the photograph wasn’t me. He then told me there were confessions against me from other boys who told him I joined them in throwing stones at soldiers. I continued to deny the accusation and I told him I had no idea who the boys whom he named were. When I asked him to confront me with the boys he refused. The interrogation lasted for about two hours and then I was taken to see a second interrogator.

 

The second interrogator did not inform me of my rights and repeated the same accusation and interrogated me for about an hour. I did not confess. He then told me he was going to keep me at Etzion until a lawyer is appointed. I was then taken to see a policeman who printed out my statement in Hebrew and asked me to sign it but I refused.

 

I was then photographed and my fingerprints were taken and then I was blindfolded and tied as before and taken to a courtyard where I sat on the ground for about two hours. Then I was strip searched and taken into a cell where I spend a night.

 

At around 9:00 a.m. the following morning I was handcuffed and shackled and taken to a troop carrier where I sat on a seat. The troop carrier drove for about two hours to Ofer prison, near Jerusalem. At Ofer I was strip searched and taken into Section 13.

 

At Ofer I had four military court hearings and my parents attended all four hearings and I was allowed to speak to them. At the last hearing, which was on 20 April 2016, the military court decided to release me on bail. My parents paid NIS 1,500 and I went home on the same day with my brother. I arrived home at around 6:00 p.m.