I was still awake when I heard loud banging at our front door at around 2:30 a.m. My father answered and a group of Israeli soldiers were at outside our front door. The commander told my father they wanted to arrest me because I was accused of throwing stones at soldiers and that they were going to question me at the Israeli police station inside Binyamin settlement. He gave my father a document with details about my arrest.

 

I was immediately tied to the front with one plastic tie which was not painful. I was also blindfolded. I was then taken to a troop carrier, which was waiting outside, where I sat on a seat. The soldiers made more arrests in the village before the troop carrier drove to Binyamin police station where we arrived at around 6:00 a.m.

 

At Binyamin I was put in a large room where I waited before being interrogated. I asked to use the toilet but I was not allowed. I remained in the room until around 5:30 p.m. I managed to fall asleep but I was uncomfortable because of the tie and blindfold. I was then taken for interrogation.

 

The interrogator removed the tie and the blindfold and immediately accused me of throwing stones at soldiers. He did not inform me of any rights. He had a tape recorder and was typing on his computer. He asked me about other boys who throw stones from my village. When I denied the accusation the interrogator lost his temper and started to yell at me. He then printed out my statement in Hebrew and asked me to sign it but I refused. I was then photographed and fingerprinted and taken back to the big room where I remained until around 10:30 p.m.

 

At around 10:30 p.m. I was shackled and handcuffed and put in the back of a troop carrier which drove for about two hours to the police station in Etzion settlement. At Etzion I was strip searched and taken to a cell where they removed the shackles and the handcuffs and I spent the night.

 

The following morning I was given some food and then shackled and handcuffed again and taken to the back of a troop carrier where I sat on a seat. The carrier drove for about two hours to Ofer prison, near Jerusalem. At Ofer I was strip searched again and taken to Section 13.

 

Two days after my arrest I was taken for another interrogation by an intelligence officer inside Ofer compound. This round of interrogation lasted for about 30 minutes and was a continuation of the first interrogation. The intelligence officer repeated the same accusation and asked me for names of boys from my village who throw stones.  He wanted me to testify against the boys and to say they threw stones at setters. I denied the accusation and told the interrogator I didn’t know any boys who throw stones.

 

After the interrogation I was then taken to Ofer military court. I entered the military court at around 5:00 p.m. My parents and a lawyer were in court and the hearing was adjourned.

 

I had four more military court hearings. At the last hearing the military court decided to release me on bail. My parents had to pay NIS 1,500 and I was released on 17 April 2016, at around 4:00 p.m. My parents were waiting for me outside Ofer and I went home with them.