My father woke me up at around 3:00 a.m. and told me that Israeli soldiers had come to arrest me. I got up terrified and went to the living room where the soldiers were. The commander asked me for my identity card and then handed my father a document with information about my arrest. I was then tied to the front with one plastic tie which was not painful. I was also blindfolded while inside our home.

 

I was then taken outside where a troop carrier was waiting. I was put in the back of the troop carrier where other detainees were and I sat on the floor. The troop carrier drove to Binyamin police station inside a settlement where we arrived at around 6:00 a.m. I was taken into a big room where I waited until around 4:00 p.m. During this time I wasn’t allowed to use the toilet. I was then taken for interrogation.

 

The interrogator removed the tie and the blindfold and started to question me immediately without informing me of my rights. He had a tape recorder and was typing information on his computer. He accused me of throwing stones at settlers on the main road and asked me for names of boys who throw stones. I denied the accusation and told the interrogator I didn’t know anyone who throws stones.

 

My answer provoked him and he started to shout and swear at me saying I was "a son of a whore". He repeated the same allegation and the same questions again and again and I continued to deny the accusation. After about an hour he printed out my statement in Hebrew and asked me to sign it but I refused to sign. He then took my photograph and my fingerprints and then hand cuffed me and took me back to the big room.

 

Then I was shackled and taken to the back of a troop carrier where I sat on a seat. The troop carrier drove to the police station in Etzion settlement. We arrived there at around midnight. At Etzion I was strip searched and taken to a cell where I spent the night.

 

The following morning I was given some food and then taken to Ofer prison, near Jerusalem. I arrived there at around noon. At Ofer I was strip searched again and then taken to Section 13.

 

The following day I had a military court hearing. My parents did not attend because they were not notified but a lawyer was there and the hearing was adjourned. A few days later I had a second hearing and the military judge decided to release me on bail. My lawyer was able to reduce the bail from NIS 5,000 to NIS 1,500. My parents paid the bail and I was released on 3 April 2016, at around 4:00 p.m. My parents were waiting for me outside Ofer and I went home with them.