My father woke me up at around 2:30 a.m. and told me Israeli soldiers were at our front door. My father refused to let them in because they were masked and he told them he had young children at home who would be terrified. The soldiers kept banging at the door for more than 15 minutes and then broke the glass window in the door. In the end the soldiers agreed to take off their masks and my father allowed them in.

 

The soldiers asked my father to bring all the children into one room. When we all gathered in the room they asked for my name and wanted to separate me from my brothers and to take me to another room by myself. My father refused to allow them to speak to me alone and insisted on accompanying me.

 

The soldiers then started to take pictures of the house with their smart phones and took pictures of my younger brothers. Then they told my father they wanted to arrest me. They checked my ID number on my father’s identity card and took the annex in my father’s ID card and never returned it. Then they gave my father a document with some details about my arrest. They told my father they wanted to take me for 10 minutes and would bring me back.

 

The soldiers then took me outside our house where they tied my hands to the front with one plastic tie which was very tight. I was also blindfolded. Then I was taken to the back of a jeep where they made me sit on the floor. The jeep drove for about 10 minutes to the nearby settlement of Bitar Illit where I was put in a shipping container and I sat on the floor. I couldn’t sleep because the floor was very cold.

 

At around 8:00 a.m. soldiers took me back to the jeep where I sat on the floor again. The jeep drove for about 30 minutes to the police station in Etzion settlement. On arrival at Etzion I was taken to an open area where I stood for about 30 minutes. I was still tied and blindfolded. Then I was taken for interrogation at around 9:00 a.m.

 

The interrogator took me to a dark room where he pressed hard against my back and my chest. He beat me on my arm and then took me outside where he removed the tie and the blindfold. I was then taken to see another interrogator who sat me down and started to interrogate me.

 

The second interrogator immediately accused me of throwing stones at soldiers without informing me of any rights. I told him I hardly left the house since I was released from prison a few months earlier. The interrogator spoke with a loud voice the whole time but he did not beat me or swear at me. I denied the accusation and did not confess.

 

Then the interrogator printed out my statement in Hebrew and wanted me to sign it but I refused. Then he called my father and allowed me to speak to him. Then I was taken to a courtyard where I sat on a chair and I was tied and blindfolded again. I was allowed to use the toilet and to drink water but I wasn’t given any food.

 

I remained in the courtyard until around 4:00 p.m. when I was strip searched and taken to a cell where the tie and the blindfold were removed and I was given some food. I spent the night at Etzion.

 

At around 9:00 a.m. the following morning soldiers shackled and handcuffed me to the front and took me to the back of a troop carrier where I sat on a seat. The carrier drove for about 30 minutes to the police station in the settlement of Bitar Illit. On arrival at the settlement the soldiers called my father and told him I was going to be released. I later found out that my father came to the police station to pick me up but the soldiers told him I had been sent back to Etzion.

 

While at Bitar Illit I was interrogated again without being informed of my rights and accused of the same accusation which I denied.  I was interrogated for about 30 minutes. The interrogator printed out my statement in Hebrew and wanted me to sign it but I refused because I didn’t understand what it said. Then I was handcuffed and shackled and taken to a jeep where I sat on a seat and I was taken back to Etzion police station where I was held in a room for about two hours.

 

After about two hours I was taken to a police car which drove me to Ofer prison, near Jerusalem. The trip took about 90 minutes. On arrival at Ofer I was strip searched and taken to Section 13. The following day I was taken to Ofer military court. My parents were not present because they were not informed but my lawyer was there and the hearing was adjourned for four days.

 

One day before the second hearing, at around 9:00 a.m., I was handcuffed and shackled and taken to a police car. The car drove for about 90 minutes to the police station in Ma’aleh Adumim settlement where I was interrogated again. The interrogator did not inform me of my rights and accused me of throwing stones which I denied. The interrogation lasted for about 15 minutes and the interrogator did not record anything. I was then taken back to Ofer.

 

At around 3:00 p.m. soldiers informed me I was going to be released. I was released on 21 November 2016, and I went home by myself. I arrived home at around 5:00 p.m.