I went out to play with some friends after school at around 1:00 p.m. and started to throw stones in an empty piece of land behind our house. Half-an-hour later I went into our house and my mother and two of my sisters were at home. Suddenly a group of Israeli soldiers stormed into our home. My mother went to see what was going on and that is when the soldiers saw me and one of them aimed his gun at me.

 

They quickly dragged me out of our house and took me to the place where I was playing with stones. My brothers and some friends and cousins heard the commotion and came to the area and tried to rescue me. One of the soldiers fired some tear gas and stun grenades and dispersed the group. They made me wait in the area for about an hour. Then they decided to arrest me. My brothers and cousins tried to prevent them and the soldiers responded again with large amounts tear gas and live bullets.

 

The soldiers dragged me along a dirt track towards the main road. There were about 20 soldiers and they beat me and tripped me along the way. I was crying out of fear. Two military vehicles were waiting by the main road and I was pushed into the back of one and made to sit on the floor.

 

Once inside the vehicle my hands were tied in front of me with one plastic tie which was very tight and painful. They also blindfolded me. The vehicle drove for about 30 minutes and I was put in a shipping container in a location I did not recognise. I was left on the floor of the shipping container for about four hours and the weather was very cold. I was not allowed to use the toilet and I wasn’t given any water.

 

At around 7:30 p.m. I was dragged to a jeep where I on sat a seat. I was so stiff and tired from sitting too long in the cold inside the shipping container that the soldiers had to carry me to the jeep. The jeep took me to the police station in Binyamin settlement.

 

I was taken to a room which had a telephone and soldiers started to question me while I was sitting on the floor about why I threw stones. Then they started to beat me and I didn’t say or do anything and started to cry and was in pain. They were swearing at me saying "fuck your mother" and "fuck your sister". I remained there for about three hours. During this time I repeatedly asked to use the toilet and they finally allowed me because I persisted. No one said anything about my rights. 

 

After about three hours they removed the blindfold and made me stand up and started to question me more about throwing stones. This lasted for about two hours. I was then taken for to a room for more interrogation.

 

I went into the interrogation room at around 1:00 a.m. I remained tied and the interrogation lasted for about 30 minutes. The interrogator turned a tape recorder on and told me I had the right to remain silent and the right to consult with a lawyer.  I did not speak to a lawyer. He then asked me why I throw stones and claimed that soldiers took pictures of me throwing stones. When I told the interrogator I was playing he accused me of lying and before I knew it he extracted a confession from me, I don’t know how.

 

The interrogator asked me details about how far the road was from our house and I thought he meant the side road but in fact he meant the main road. When I answered his question he told me this was an admission from me that the road is close to the house and was within reach of stones and that everything I said was recorded. I tried to explain to him which road I was talking about but he did not take that into consideration and continued to type on his computer.

 

He then printed out my statement in Hebrew and asked me to sign it and I did without hesitation. Then they took my photograph and my fingerprints and a saliva sample. Then I was blindfolded and taken in a vehicle outside the police station.

 

Another vehicle approached and a doctor came out and examined me. He asked me some question and whether I suffered from any illnesses. I told him I had edema in my fingers in cold weather. Then they drove around in the vehicle for about three hours before they took me back into the police station.

 

During this time my brother had arrived at the police station and the interrogator tried to blackmail him into paying NIS 2,000. He told my brother if he didn’t pay he was going to send me to Ofer military court to stand trial. My brother told him he needed some time to come up with the amount. Meanwhile I later found out that soldiers had raided our house and messed up our belongings. They also arrested my cousin who intervened when the soldiers were trying to arrest me.

 

At around 4:30 a.m., my other brother came to the police station with NIS 2,000. I was released and I went home with him. I don’t know whether the money my family paid was a fine or whether I still had to appear in the military court. The following morning I went to see a doctor to have my wrists checked because they were painful due to the tie.