I was arrested from home at 2:00 a.m. A large number of Israeli soldiers surrounded our house and banged forcefully at our front door. My father opened the door and about 10 fully armed soldiers entered our home. I think there was an intelligence officer among them. The commander told my father to wake up my siblings. I was up by then. Then he asked my father for me by name and my father pointed at me.

 

The commander told my father they were going to arrest me. When my father asked for the reason, the commander told him I was accused of throwing stones at soldiers and settlers. The commander gave my father a document and asked him to sign it but my father refused and objected to my arrest. The commander then signed the document himself.

 

The commander then told me to get dressed and two soldiers took me outside our house and immediately tied my hands to the front with one plastic tie, which was painful. I did not object for fear that they might beat me if I did. The soldiers then escorted me for about 500 meters towards the military watchtower on Route 60. As soon as we got there I was blindfolded and made me sit on the ground. It was a cold and rainy night. They also cut off the plastic tie and tied my hands to the back with another plastic tie. This time it wasn’t as tight. While sitting on the ground a soldier punched me in the back.

 

About one hour later, at around 3:30 a.m., one of the soldiers put me into the back of a jeep and made me sit on the metal floor. The jeep drove away for about five minutes and I think we went to the Israeli settlement of Haggai. Soldiers took me out of the jeep and made me wait outside for about 30 minutes. Then I was taken inside for a medical checkup. A soldier removed the tie and the blindfold and the doctor gave me a quick checkup. He asked me if I suffered from any illnesses or allergies.

 

After the examination I was blindfolded and tied to the front with one plastic tie. I was taken back to the jeep. They made me sit on the metal floor of the jeep again. The jeep drove away for about 30 minutes before stopping. The soldiers then put me in a shipping container. One of the soldiers remained with me and I sat on the floor. I was still tied and blindfolded. I remained there for about two hours.

 

At around 9:00 a.m. an Israeli policeman removed the blindfold and took me to an interrogation room. I asked the policeman to tell me where I was and he said I was at Kiryat Arba police station. The interrogator did not tell me I had the right to silence or the right to consult with a lawyer. He asked me for my father’s telephone number. I was still tied during the interrogation.

 

The interrogator started by accusing me of throwing stones at soldiers near Route 60. I denied the accusation. He insisted that I did and repeated the same accusation. Again, I denied the accusation. Then he told me other boys who were arrested from the camp testified against me. I asked him to name the boys. He named one boy from the camp whom I knew. I asked the interrogator to bring that boy so that I could confront him but the interrogator told me he wasn’t going to bring the boy and that a military court was going to decide what to do with me.

 

At the end of the questioning the interrogator printed out my statement in Hebrew and asked me to sign it. I refused to sign and told him I wanted to understand what exactly it said. The interrogator verbally translated it for me and I signed it. The interrogation lasted for about one hour. In the end he asked me whether I was hungry and brought me some food. Then he took me to be photographed and fingerprinted. Then I was taken back to the shipping container where I remained until around 10:00 a.m.

 

At around 10:00 a.m. a soldier shackled and handcuffed me and took me to the back of a vehicle. The vehicle drove for about 30 minutes before it stopped at Etzion police station. The vehicle stopped at the entrance for nearly 30 minutes and then drove away. One hour later the vehicle arrived at Ofer prison, near Jerusalem. We arrived at around noon. On arrival I was given a security check and had to strip down to my underwear. I was then given prison clothes and taken to Cell 13 where there were other children my age.

 

The following morning a soldier told me they were going to take me to the military court. I waited in the court waiting room until around 10:00 a.m. Then I was taken inside the courtroom. My parents were not there because they were not informed but a lawyer was there who told me he was representing me. The court hearing was adjourned until Sunday.

 

On Sunday I was taken to the military court again. This time my father was there in addition to the lawyer. I was allowed to talk to my father across the courtroom. My lawyer asked for my release but the military judge refused and the hearing was adjourned.

 

I had three other military court hearings and on the last one the court decided to release me on bail. My lawyer told me I would be summoned to court again if necessary. I don’t know if a date had been fixed or not. I was released on 26 May 2014. My father was waiting for me outside prison and I went home with him.