I was waiting for my father, who works as a taxi driver, at the entrance to the village when suddenly about 10 Israeli soldiers came out of the military watchtower and arrested me without any reason. It was around 7:00 p.m. There were no incidents in the area at the time.

 

The soldiers pushed me to the ground and dragged and beat me. I was blindfolded and my hands were tied to the back with one plastic tie. The tie was very painful and I felt it cut into my wrists. They took me to the back of a jeep and made me sit on the floor and started to slap me.

 

The jeep drove for about 30 minutes before it stopped at the police station inside Kiryat Arba settlement. They took me out of the jeep and made me sit on the ground in a courtyard for about two hours. I was not allowed to use the bathroom during this time.

 

The soldiers then took me back to the jeep and we drove for about an hour before stopping at the police station inside Etzion settlement. At Etzion they removed the blindfold and the tie and searched me. I was searched with only my underwear on. They asked me to crouch up and down. I was then taken into a cell at Etzion. I spent the night there by myself. Nobody explained to me the reason for my arrest. I was not given any food or drink until the following morning when a soldier brought me some breakfast.

 

I remained in the cell until around 9:00 p.m. when a soldier told me I was going to be released. I was not questioned at all. I was released at the gate and walked for a short time and then I called my father who picked me up from a nearby road junction and took me home. This is the third time that I have been arrested.