One week before I was arrested three Israeli soldiers came to our house at midnight and handed a written summons to my father in my name. They told my father to bring me to the police station in the settlement of Kiryat Arba. My father told them he wasn’t going to bring me to the police station because I was too young and because I hadn’t done anything wrong. A week later they came to arrest me at 3:00 a.m.

 

I was asleep at around 3:00 a.m. on the night of my arrest. Israel soldiers surrounded our home and banged on the door very loudly. My father answered. More than 10 soldiers entered our house. My father woke me up and took me to the living room where the soldiers were waiting. The commander told my father they were going to arrest me. He had a list with names of people he wanted to arrest. They did not tell my father why they were arresting me. My father asked the commander if I could put on some clothes and the commander said yes.

 

The soldiers then took me out of our house and walked me for about five minutes towards the Israeli military watchtower on the main road at the entrance to our camp. When we arrived at the watchtower soldiers tied my hands to the front with three plastic ties; one on each wrist and a third one connecting the two. The ties were not painful. They also blindfolded me. Then they pushed me into the back of a jeep and made me sit on the metal floor.

 

The jeep drove for about 10 minutes before stopping. I was able to see from under the blindfold and I think we stopped at a nearby settlement. At the settlement the soldiers made me stand in an open area for about 30 minutes. I was still tied and blindfolded. Then I was taken to see a doctor. The doctor removed the blindfold and the ties and gave me a questionnaire with some medical questions to answer. Then I was blindfolded and tied with three plastic ties and taken back to the jeep where I was made to sit on the metal floor again.

 

The jeep drove for about 30 minutes before stopping again and I was taken out and put in an outdoor area. I was told I was in the settlement of Kiryat Arba. It was a very cold night. Then a policeman removed the blindfold and took me to an interrogation room. I was alone with the interrogator and I was still tied.

 

The interrogator asked me if I wanted a lawyer and I told him yes. He asked me if I knew one and I told him I didn’t. He then asked me for my father’s telephone number and called him and asked him to appoint me a lawyer. The interrogator then told me he was going to question me about stone throwing and that my words were going to be used against me in court. I don’t remember if the interrogator informed me of my right to silence.

 

The interrogator accused me of throwing stones at soldiers and settler cars on Route 60. I told him this wasn’t true. He told me there were soldiers who saw me throw stones. I told him this couldn’t be true. He didn’t show me any photos. I asked him to bring the soldiers who claim they saw me throw stones. He told me the soldiers were going to provide their testimony to the military court. I continued to deny the accusation and the interrogator was writing my statement. Then he gave it to me written in Hebrew and asked me to sign it. I signed it after he verbally translated it.

 

I was then photographed and fingerprinted and taken to a caravan with a chair, a mattress and a bathroom. I slept in the caravan. At around noon a policeman brought me some food. At around 4:00 p.m. a policeman told me I was going to be released. He took me to the front gate where my father was waiting for me. I went home with my father. We arrived home at around 5:00 p.m.