I was arrested on the main road at the entrance to my village at around 7:00 p.m. There were clashes at the time and Israeli soldiers chased me and some other boys. I ran into a stone mason’s workshop nearby but the soldiers chased me there. One of the soldiers shot in the air near my hiding place and I was startled and screamed loudly. That's how the soldiers found me.

 

I was immediately arrested and the soldiers started to beat me. I was then blindfolded and my hands were tied behind my back with two plastic ties on top of each other. The ties were very tight. Then they pushed me into the back of a jeep and made me sit on the metal floor between the soldiers’ boots. The jeep remained in the area for about 30 minutes and the soldiers continued to beat me inside the jeep. The jeep then drove for about 10 minutes towards the settlement of Etzion.

 

On arrival at Etzion I was examined by a doctor and then I was taken to a room where I sat on a mattress. There were three soldiers in the room with me and they deliberately farted near me. I could not sleep at all. I remained in the room until around 6:00 a.m. when I was brought some food and taken to the back of a police car where I sat on a seat. The car drove for about an hour to the settlement of  Kiryat Arba where I was immediately taken for interrogation.

 

The interrogator, who was an Israeli policeman, did not speak Arabic but there was a soldier who interpreted for me.  He removed the blindfold but kept the ties on. He immediately accused me of throwing stones at soldiers without informing me of my right to silence and my right to consult with a lawyer.  I denied the accusation. Then he called my father and told him where I was and that I was accused of throwing stones at soldiers. Then he asked my father to come to the police station with NIS 3,000 to bail me out.

 

The interrogator questioned me for about five hours. In the end he printed out my statement in Hebrew and asked me to sign it and I did without understanding what it said. After the interrogation was over the interrogator took me out of the room and asked me if I wanted a hot drink and then threw a cup of water at me. Luckily it wasn’t very hot and I was ok.

 

Then I was taken to a shipping container where I was blindfolded again and I sat on the floor until around 9:00 p.m. During this time soldiers brought me some food and drink and I was allowed to use the toilet.

 

At around 9:00 p.m. I was taken to the back of a jeep where I sat on a seat and the jeep drove for about 30 minutes to Etzion settlement. There I was taken to a shipping container where I sat on a chair until around 3:00 a.m. Then soldiers released me and I contacted one of my relatives who picked me up and took me home. I later found out that my father had to pay NIS 1,000 to get me released. I was released on 15 November 2016.