I woke up terrified at around 2:00 a.m. when I heard very loud banging at our front door. Then my father came and told me that Israeli soldiers were inside our house and wanted to arrest me. I got up and went to the living room where I saw the soldiers give my father a document with details about my arrest. The commander told my father they wanted to take me to Etzion police station for a quick interrogation and would bring me home soon.

 

I was then taken outside where I was blindfolded and my hands were tied behind my back with one plastic tie which was not tight. Then they took me to the back of a jeep and made me sit on the metal floor. Inside the jeep a soldier slapped me.

 

The jeep drove for about 30 minutes and then stopped at a place I did not recognize. I was taken to a room with couches and I sat there but I could not sleep. The whole time I was worried about what was going to happen to me. I stayed in the room until around 7:00 a.m.

 

At around 7:00 a.m. I was taken for a medical examination. A doctor removed the blindfold and examined me then blindfolded me again. Then I was taken back to the jeep where I sat on the floor. The jeep drove for about 30 minutes to the police station in Etzion settlement.

 

At Etzion I was taken to a courtyard where I sat on a chair until around 1:00 p.m. when they brought me some food and drink and I was allowed to use the toilet. Then I was taken for interrogation.

 

The interrogator told me his name was "Moshe". He did not remove the tie or the blindfold and before he started to question me he told me I had the right to remain silent and the right to consult with a lawyer. I told him there was no need for a lawyer because I hadn’t done anything wrong. He did not ask me for my parents’ number and he did not call them. Then he accused me of throwing Molotov cocktail at soldiers. When I denied the accusation he became angry and raised his voice at me and told me I was "a fucker son of a whore". He also slapped me. I continued to deny the accusation.

 

Then I was taken to see another interrogator whose name was "Yossi". Yossi removed the blindfold and told me I had the right to remain silent and the right to consult with a lawyer. He accused me of throwing a Molotov cocktail at soldiers and of taking part in starting a fire near the military watchtower by our camp together with another person who was shot dead by soldiers. I denied the accusations. Then he typed up my statement on a computer and printed it out in both Hebrew and Arabic and showed it to me. I read the statement and found it identical to what I had said and I agreed to sign it.

 

Then they took my photograph and fingerprints and took me to a courtyard where I sat on a chair until around 6:00 p.m. Then I was strip searched and taken to a cell where they removed the tie. Later into the night, at around 10:00 p.m., soldiers shackled and handcuffed me and took me a troop carrier where I sat on a seat. The troop carrier drove for about one-and-a-half hours to Ofer prison, near Jerusalem. At Ofer I was strip searched again and taken into Section 13.

 

The following day I was taken to Ofer military court which my parents and my lawyer attended and I was allowed to speak to them. The hearing lasted for about 5 minutes and then it was adjourned. On 10 December 2016, I was released from prison without charge, before my second hearing. My parents were not notified of my release and I took a taxi home. I arrived home at around 8:00 p.m.