I was arrested from home at around 2:30 a.m. My father heard voices outside our house, he turned the light on in the hallway, but Israeli soldiers broke our front door and entered our home before he managed to open the door for them. About six soldiers entered our house, they were all heavily armed. They aimed their guns at my father and told him to turn around and to raise his hands above his head. Then they asked him to identify his family members.

 

I was in my bedroom when four soldiers entered. They did not allow my father to enter my bedroom, instead they took him to another room. I was by myself in the room with them and I was afraid. Then they started to search my room. They broke my wardrobe and threw everything on the floor. While they were searching I heard sounds of things breaking in other rooms. They also searched the living room and all the other rooms and broke our furniture. They slapped me on my face and kicked me and beat me with their guns in my stomach. 

 

One of the soldiers then tied my hands behind my back with two plastic ties. He tightened them hard and I was in pain. I asked for them to remove the ties but they refused. I asked them to loosen them, they also refused. I remained painfully tied for about 12 hours. Then a soldier blindfolded me. I did not see any arrest documents.

 

My father asked the soldiers why they were arresting me and where they were taking me, but the soldiers did not answer any of his questions. I don’t think they gave my parents any written documents concerning my arrest. The soldiers swore at me and insulted me. They did not swear at me in front of my family. 

 

The soldiers then took me outside and led me on foot to where a troop carrier was waiting. I was put inside the troop carrier and made me sit on the metal floor. The soldiers kicked and slapped me the whole way; they beat me harder than they did in the house. They also continued to swear at me. I remained in the troop carrier for up to about 30 minutes, I could not tell the exact time. 

 

The troop carrier stopped on the way and the soldiers took a break. They took me out and left me on the foot path. I was tied and blindfolded the whole time. Then the soldiers played some loud Hebrew songs on which I found annoying. Then they took photos of me on their mobile phones and continued to beat me and slap me on the face with an object. At one point the soldiers pushed me and I fell on my face and I was bleeding from my forehead. The soldiers also asked me if I smoked or took drugs. I told them I did not. 

 

Later I was taken to the police station in Etzion settlement. I knew I was at Etzion because I heard the soldiers say it.

 

At Etzion I was left on the ground for about eight hours. Soldiers were guarding me all the time. The soldiers beat me and did not allow me to fall asleep. They took my phone and forced me to give them the password. I gave them the password because I was scared. They looked through my telephone and asked me if I had a Telegram account. 

 

At one point I asked for medical treatment but they did not give me any. I did not see a doctor at all. I asked for water and they gave me some. I asked to go to the toilet but they refused. 

 

After about eight hours I was taken to Ofer prison, near Jerusalem, for interrogation. I was strip searched as soon as I arrived. By then it was around noon.

 

During the interrogation period I spent five days in solitary confinement, then I was taken to the collaborators’ cell for five days before being taken back to solitary confinement for another 18 days. Then I spent six days in a cell with another detainee. 

 

The interrogator did not inform me of my rights. He did not tell me I had the right to remain silent and did not tell me I had the right to speak to a lawyer. He made me sign a document that I refused to speak to a lawyer when offered. I asked more than once to speak to my parents but he did not allow me. I was questioned from around noon, until the evening. I was not told what I was accused of. 

 

He questioned me while I was shackled and handcuffed behind my back, but he removed the blindfold. I do not know whether the interrogation was recorded. During the interrogation I was spat on and beaten up. I was sworn at and threatened that they were going to demolish my family house. Then I was questioned about contacting an external enemy. At the end I confessed because I was afraid. Then I signed a document without reading its contents.

 

My first military court hearing was four days after my arrest. I have not seen my family since I was arrested. I have not been convicted yet. The food in prison is very bad. We are allowed one hour outside, together with children from the other cell. They took away our spare clothes and we are left only with the clothes we are wearing.