I woke up at around 2:00 a.m. when I heard loud banging at our front door. I stayed in bed and shortly afterwards my father came into my bedroom together with a group of Israeli soldiers. I was very scared.

 

The commander asked for my name and then told me to get up because I was under arrest. The soldiers did not give us any documents and did not tell us where they were going to take me or why. My father told the soldiers I was too young to go on my own and insisted on accompanying me. In the beginning the commander refused to allow my father to accompany me but my father kept insisting and the commander finally agreed.

 

The soldiers allowed me to put my clothes on then they tied my hands to the front with one plastic tie which was very tight and painful. They also blindfolded me. I was then led with my father towards the military base outside our village. We were taken inside the base where we sat on chairs until around 6:00 a.m.

 

At around 6:00 a.m. me and my father were put in the back of a jeep where we sat on the seats. The jeep drove towards the nearby settlement of Zufin. On arrival at Zufin were put in a shipping container where we sat on seats for about two hours.

 

After two hours a doctor removed my blindfold and examined me and put it back again when he was done. Then we were taken to the settlement of Yaqir.

 

At Yaqir I waited in a shipping container for about an hour. At around 9:30 a.m. my father and I were taken in a police car to the police station in Ariel settlement where we waited in an outdoor area on chairs for about four hours. Then I was taken for interrogation.

 

My father and I entered the interrogation room and the interrogator started to ask us some general questions like where we lived and what my father’s profession was. Then the interrogator told my father to leave the room and he started to interrogate me on my own.

 

The interrogator removed the tie and the blindfold and told me I had the right to remain silent and the right to consult with a lawyer. I did not speak to a lawyer. Then he accused me of throwing stones at soldiers and setting fire to tyres. Then he showed me pictures of a boy throwing stones. Afterwards I confessed to throwing stones.

 

Then the interrogator asked me about my friends and wanted me to confess against them and to give their names. He wanted me to say they throw stones at soldiers. The interrogation lasted for about two hours.

 

At the end of the interrogation the interrogator printed out my statement in Hebrew and asked me to sign it and I did without understanding what it said. I was too scared to say no. Then they took my photograph and fingerprints and took me to where my father was waiting. There they tied and blindfolded me again after they allowed me to use the toilet. We remained there until around 11:00 p.m. I was not given any food during this time.

 

At around 11:00 p.m. my father and I were taken in the back of a police car to Huwwara military base near Nablus. At Huwwara I was searched in my underwear and my father was told to go home. The soldiers removed the tie and the blindfold and I spent one night at Huwwara.

 

The following morning I was handcuffed and shackled and taken in a police car Salem interrogation centre. At Salem a policeman, who had a tape recorder, asked me the same questions. This lasted for about 10 minutes and then I was taken to the military court. My parents did not attend my hearing because they were not informed about it but a lawyer was there and the hearing was adjourned. After the hearing I was taken to Megiddo prison, inside Israel. At Megiddo I was searched and taken into the juvenile section.

 

I had two more military court hearings which my parents attended and I was allowed to speak to them. At the last hearing I was sentenced in a plea bargain to two-and-a-half months in prison and fined NIS 1,000. I also received a three month sentence suspended for three years.

 

I spent my prison sentence at Megiddo where I studied Arabic and mathematics. I was released on 18 July 2017 at around 4:00 p.m. and at Al Jalame checkpoint.