There were clashes with Israeli soldiers at Bab El Zawiya at around 4:00 p.m. I was there. A soldier grabbed me and immediately started to beat me up. He banged my arm and back against a concrete block and caused me a lot of pain. He also beat me with the back of his gun. The soldier also swore at me calling me "a son of a whore". Then he shackled me and blindfolded me and tied my hands behind my back with a Kufiyeh which was not painful.

 

Then the soldiers took me to a bus where I sat on a seat. The bus drove to the settlement of Kiryat Arba. At the settlement I was left in the rain for about three hours. I was kicked and slapped and soldiers swore at me as they passed by. When I fell asleep a soldier struck me with the back of his gun to wake me up. We were four detainees there and they brought us one glass of water for all of us. A soldier also threatened to shoot me if I moved. In the middle of the night I was taken for interrogation. I was hungry and sleep deprived.

 

As soon as I entered the interrogation room they replaced the Kufiyeh with one plastic tie. They painfully tied me to the back and the tie left marks on my wrists. The interrogator called a lawyer for me and allowed me to speak to him on speaker phone while he listened. The lawyer told me to tell the interrogator exactly what I had done. I spoke to him for less than a minute.

 

The interrogator did not inform me of my right to silence. He told me he had video evidence against me and asked me what I was doing in the area where I was arrested. He questioned me for about an hour and was aggressive at times. He was in civilian clothes. At the end he asked me to sign a document in Hebrew. I signed without understanding anything because I could not care less. 

 

After the interrogation I was taken back to the outdoor area where I was left until 6:00 p.m. the following day. I did not sleep at all. Then I was put in a bus which took me to the police station in Etzion settlement. I was tied and blindfolded and when I tried to remove the blindfold a soldier slapped me. I arrived at Etzion at around 8:00 p.m. I was taken to a cell by myself.

 

In the morning I was taken to a military court but my parents were not informed and they did not attend. My detention was extended. After court I was taken back Etzion police station for a second interrogation. 

 

The interrogator did not call a lawyer for me and did not inform me of my right to silence. He accused me of the same accusations and showed me my friends' files. He told me if I confessed against any of them he would send me home. He questioned me for about three hours and accused me of planning a terrorist act. He did not ask me to sign any documents. 

 

After the interrogation I was taken to Ofer prison, near Jerusalem. I arrived there at around 6:30 p.m. I was strip searched before being taken to section 13. I had five military court hearings. At the last one, which was on 20 December 2022, I was sentenced in a plea bargain to three-and-a-half months in prison and fined NIS 2,000. I also received another three months in prison suspended for three years. I accepted the plea bargain because I wanted to go home rather than remain in prison for more court hearings. 

 

I spent all my prison sentence at Ofer. I left school when I was in eighth grade and that is why I did not attend classes in prison. My family visited me twice and I was allowed to call them twice a month from a telephone provided by the prison authorities. 

 

I was released at Ofer on 20 January 2023. I went home with my brother and uncle. I arrived home at around 7:00 p.m.