I woke up to the sound of banging at our front door. It was around 2:00 a.m. I then heard my mother’s voice who came to tell me that Israeli soldiers were at our front door. My father was not at home because he is in prison. The soldiers entered our home and started to search it. Then they told my mother they had come to arrest me. They did not tell her why they were arresting me or where they were going to take me. They did not give my mother any documents.

 

The soldiers took me outside and immediately tied my hands behind my back with one plastic tie. The tie was very tight. I was also blindfolded. I was then put in the back of a jeep and made to sit on the floor.

 

The jeep drove for about 30 minutes towards a nearby settlement which I think was Bet El. I was taken out of the jeep and made to kneel down on the ground for several hours. I was then taken to see a doctor who removed the tie and the blindfold and examined me. He then put back the tie and the blindfold as before.

 

I was then put in the back of a jeep and taken to Ofer prison, near Jerusalem. At Ofer I was strip searched and asked to crouch up and down while naked. I was then given prison clothes and taken to a holding room where I waited until around 7:00 a.m. I was tied and blindfolded the whole time. I was then taken for interrogation by an intelligence officer.

 

The interrogator was wearing civilian clothes and spoke fluent Arabic. He removed the blindfold but kept me tied. Before he started to interrogate me he told me I had the right to remain silent and the right to consult with a lawyer. I did not speak to a lawyer. He turned a tape recorder on and told me I was accused of helping a banned organization. He said he had information that I was a member of Hamas just like my father. I told him this was not true and that I am not a member of a banned organization. The interrogator told me there were confessions against me but he did not tell me who gave the confessions.

 

The interrogation lasted for about an hour. At the end of the interrogation he printed out my statement in Hebrew and asked me to sign it. I refused to sign it until he translated it for me and I was sure it was identical to what I had told him. He then took my picture and my fingerprints. I was then strip searched  again and taken to Section 13 for juveniles.

 

The following day I had a military court hearing. My mother did not attend because she did not know about the hearing. A lawyer was in court and he defended me. The hearing was adjourned. I had three more military court hearings which my mother attended and I was allowed to speak to her. On the last hearing the military court decided to release me on bail. My mother had to pay NIS 2,000 in bail.

 

I am not sure whether my case has been closed or whether I will have more court. I was taken out of the prison cell at around 4:00 p.m. but I was kept in a holding room until around 9:00 p.m. I was released on 13 September 2015. I went home with my mother who was waiting for me outside prison. We arrived home at around 10:00 p.m.