I was with some friends driving to visit friends in a nearby village when an Israeli military vehicle started to chase us. It was around 7:00 p.m. My friend, who was driving, did not attempt to flee because we had done nothing wrong. Moments later the military jeep hit our car from behind and pushed us into a wall on the side of the road. The impact was so strong that our car nearly split in half.

 

Around five soldiers stepped out of the jeep and they were very tense. They dragged me and another friend out of the car and immediately started to slap and hit us without any provocation and without explaining the reason for stopping us. One soldier hit me with the back of his gun and violently threw me to the ground. He shouted at me to show him my identity card. I told him I left my identity card at home. He wanted to know where we were heading and I told him we were on our way to visit a friend in the next village.

 

The soldier dragged me away from the others and immediately tied my hands behind my back with one plastic tie. The tie was so tight that it cut through my wrist. I still feel pain to this day. He also pulled my hood over my head and another soldier taped the hood to my face in a way that I was unable to breathe properly. I was then made to kneel on the ground for about two hours and I was in pain.

 

After two hours I was put in the back of a jeep and made to sit on the metal floor. As the jeep drove away some young men from the area started to throw stones at the jeep. Each time a stone hit the jeep the soldiers beat me.

 

About 10 minutes later the jeep stopped at the nearby settlement of Ofra where I was put in a courtyard. I was beaten some more and then my hood was removed and a soldier started to take photos of me with his mobile phone. The hood was then replaced and I was left outside in the cold until around 1:00 a.m. It was so cold that I felt I could no longer take it. I asked the soldiers to take me inside.

 

I was then taken inside a military watchtower where I sat on some wooden pallets. I asked the soldiers to loosen the tie but they did not respond. Then they allowed me to sleep. When I asked for a cover I was told to shut up and to sleep without a cover. I was tied and hooded the whole time.

 

I remained in the military watchtower until around 10:00 a.m. the next day when I was taken to police station in the settlement of Bet El, near Ramallah. At Bet El  I was handed over to the Palestinian police. I gave a testimony to the Palestinian police and went home with someone from our village. I arrived home at noon. I was never told the reason for my detention.