I was woken up by loud banging at our front door at around 1:00 a.m. My father answered and a group of Israeli soldiers entered our home. One of them asked my father for me and then told me to get dressed because they wanted to arrest me. They did not give my parents any documents or reasons.

 

I was taken outside and one of the soldiers took a picture of me on his mobile phone. Then they tied my hands to the front with two plastic ties, one inside the other. The ties were tight. They also blindfolded me. I was then taken to a military jeep where I sat on the floor.

 

The jeep drove for about 10 minutes to the police station in Etzion settlement where I was examined by a doctor. The doctor removed the blindfold and put it back on after the examination. Then I was put in a shipping container where I sat on a chair. There were lots of soldiers inside the container who were making a lot of noise and I could not sleep. I stayed in the container until around 7:00 a.m. when I was taken for interrogation.

 

On the way to the interrogation room the interrogator slapped me hard on the neck and I fell to the ground. Then he took me to a room which I felt was a dark, I was still blindfolded. As soon as I entered the room the interrogator pushed me against a shelf and asked me whether I wanted to confess or not. I told him I did not have anything to confess to. Then he told me if I did not confess he was going to lock me up in prison for a long time. He did not inform me of any rights. Then he punched me in the stomach with his hand and pressed hard. I was in severe pain. He told me I had to confess; otherwise he was going to "fuck my mother" in front of me. All this happened while I was still standing and tied and blindfolded.

 

Then he asked me to sit down and asked me whether I wanted to be treated like a human being or like an animal. I did not answer. He then removed the blindfold and asked me about the names of boys he claimed I threw stones with on Route 60. He also wanted to know how many times I threw pipe bombs. I told him I did not throw any pipe bombs. He interrogated me for about 30 minutes and in the end I confessed to throwing stones at soldiers but I missed my target. The reason I confessed was because I did not want to be beaten or threatened anymore.

 

Then he took me to see a policeman who made the same accusations. The policeman printed out my statement in Hebrew and asked me to sign it and I did without knowing whether it said that I confessed out of fear or not.

 

After the interrogation he called a lawyer who told me not to be afraid and that he was going to be at my hearing. Then they took my photograph and fingerprints and took me to a courtyard where I sat on the ground until around 5:00 p.m. I was then strip searched and taken to a cell where they brought me some food which I did not eat because it was unappetizing.

 

The following day I was shackled and handcuffed and taken to Ofer prison, near Jerusalem. At Ofer I was strip searched and taken into Section 13.

 

The following day I was taken to Ofer military court. My parents and my lawyer were in court and I was allowed to speak to them but the hearing was adjourned. On 10 December 2016, one day before my second hearing, I was released from prison without charge. I went home with other boy and I arrived home at around 10:00 p.m.