I was driving a car with my friends to a neighbouring village when an Israeli military jeep behind us suddenly sped up and hit our car from behind. I lost control of the car and we hit a wall. As soon as we crashed the jeep pulled up beside us and some soldiers got out and approached our car.

 

The soldiers aggressively pulled us out of the car and started to beat us for no reason. One of the soldiers asked me for my identity card and I told him I had left it at home. My hands were then tied behind my back with one plastic tie. The tie was very tight. I was also blindfolded and made to kneel on the ground for about two hours.

 

After about two hours a soldier put my telephone to my ear and a person on the other end started to talk to me. He spoke in fluent Arabic and told me his name was "Captain Raouf" and that he was the Israeli intelligence officer for the area. He started to question me asking who I was and where I was going. I told him exactly what had happened.

 

I was then put in the back of a jeep and made to sit on the floor. A soldier kicked and punched me while I was on the floor and beat me with the butt of his gun. He did not say anything or explain the reason for treating me in this way. The jeep drove for about 15 minutes towards the nearby settlement of Ofra where I was taken to a courtyard. It was very cold. A soldier removed my blindfold and took a photo of me using a mobile phone.

 

I remained on the ground until around 2:00 a.m. I told a soldier I was cold and after an argument he took me inside a military watchtower where I sat on some wooden pallets where I was able to sleep.

 

At around 8:30 a.m. I was taken out of the military watchtower and made to sit on the ground outside. I was then put in a jeep and taken to the settlement of Bet El. At Bet El I was handed over to the Palestinian police who sent me home after I gave a testimony. I arrived home with my relatives at around noon. I was never told the reason for my detention.