Israeli soldiers grabbed me and my friend as we were taking care of our chickens in a field. It was around 12:30 p.m. There were no clashes at the time. The soldiers struck me in my back with their guns and pushed me down to the ground. They swore at me and called my mother and sisters "whores". 

 

One of the soldiers pushed my face down and then tied my hands behind my back with three plastic ties: one on each wrist and another tying the two. The ties were very tight and painful and my fingers became numb. Then he blindfolded me and tightened it hard. They left me on the site for about 10 minutes then led me down to the main road near a military base. A commander took my identity card number and allowed me to call my father.

 

A short time later a military jeep arrived and I was taken to the back where I sat on a seat. A soldier forced my legs tight together and then slapped me. I was taken to another military base where I was left in a room. The soldiers turned the air conditioner on very cold and I froze. I was left there from around 1:00 p.m. until around 10:00 p.m. 

 

At one-point Arabic music was played really loud and the soldiers made fun of me. I was not given any food or drink. At around 10:00 p.m. I was taken to the police station in Binyamin settlement. A soldier removed the ties and the blindfold and left me on a bench in an outdoor area. At around midnight I was taken for interrogation.

 

The interrogator wore a red T-shirt and police trousers. He had a camera and a voice recorder in the room. I asked to speak to a lawyer but the interrogator told me my father would appoint me a lawyer later. Then he told me I had the right to remain silent but when I tried to remain silent he yelled at me and urged me to confess. 

 

Then the interrogator started to question me. At first, he was calm and polite. He accused me of throwing stones at settlers. I denied the accusation. He then became angry and yelled at me and threatened to lock me up in prison for two years if I did not confess. He questioned me for about 30 minutes and when I told him I wanted to remain silent he yelled at me and told me I had to confess. At the end he asked me to sign a document written in Hebrew but I refused to sign. 

 

After the interrogation I was taken to a small area which looked like a cage. I was left there by myself for about 40 minutes. Then I was taken to Ofer prison, near Jerusalem, where I was strip searched before being taken to the minors’ section. By then it was around 3:00 a.m. 

 

The following day I had my first military court hearing. My parents were not informed so they did not attend. I was denied bail and my hearing was adjourned. 

 

Six days later I was taken for another interrogation. It was at Binyamin settlement by the same interrogator. This time he called a lawyer and allowed me to speak to him. The lawyer told me not to talk much and if I am asked weird questions I should refrain from answering. He also told me not to sign any documents. The conversation lasted for about five minutes and the interrogator was not listening.

 

This time the interrogator did not inform me of my right to remain silent. He told me his name was "Qassem". Then he told me he had spoken to the military judge and the two of them decided to convict me if I did not confess. Then he showed me some photographs and asked me for the names of the boys in the photographs. I told him I did not know any of them. 

 

He questioned me for about one-and-a-half hours. Most of the time he pressured me to give names of other boys. He also wanted me to confess to throwing stones but I did not confess. In the end he asked me to sign a document written in Hebrew but I refused to sign. After the interrogation I was taken back to prison. 

 

In all I had six military court hearings. The last hearing was five days before I was released. During that hearing I was sentenced in a plea bargain to two weeks in prison and fined NIS 1,000. I was also given additional time in prison suspended for three months. I accepted the plea bargain because I wanted to go home. 

 

I was released at Ofer checkpoint on 30 July 2022 but my parents were told to wait by Al-Jib checkpoint. My brother sent me a taxi that took me to a restaurant in Beitunia where my family were waiting for me.