I was sleeping over at my grandparents’ house when suddenly I woke up to the sound of banging at the front door. It was around 2:00 a.m. My grandfather answered the door and I went to see what was going on. A group of Israeli soldiers entered our house and asked my grandfather for me – somehow they knew I was staying with my grandparents.

 

As soon as the soldiers identified me they said I was under arrest. They did not tell my grandfather why they wanted to arrest me or where they were going to take me. They did not give us any documents. The soldiers told me to get dressed and then took me outside.

 

I was taken a short distance to the commander who asked me for my name. He then asked me to show them the way to my parents’ house. When we got there they asked to see my room and they conducted a search. They did not find anything.

 

The soldiers then tied my hands to the front with one plastic tie which was not painful. I was also blindfolded and taken to the back of a jeep where they made me sit on the metal floor. The jeep drove for about 15 minutes before stopping at a nearby military base.

 

On arrival at the base I was taken to see a doctor who removed the tie and the blindfold and examined me. I was tied and blindfolded again when he finished and taken to a courtyard where I sat on a chair until around 6:00 a.m. I was then taken back to the jeep which drove for 30 minutes to the police station at Etzion settlement. On arrival at Etzion I was immediately taken for interrogation.

 

The interrogator did not inform me of any rights. He removed the tie and the blindfold and accused me throwing Molotv cocktail at settlers. I told him I never ever in my life threw Molotov cocktails at anyone. He then showed me a picture of me standing on the side of the road doing nothing. He then accused me of throwing stones at soldiers but I denied the accusation. The interrogation lasted for about 30 minutes.

 

After the first interrogation I was taken to see an Israeli policeman who took my statement. He asked me some questions about throwing stones and I denied the accusation. The policeman called a lawyer and allowed me to speak to him. The lawyer told me not to be afraid and not to say anything. The policeman then printed out my statement in Hebrew and asked me to sign but I refused because I didn’t understand what it said. He then signed the document himself.

 

Following the second interrogation I was photographed and my fingerprinted. Soldiers then strip searched me and took me to a room where I spent a night.

 

The following day I was shackled and handcuffed and taken to the back of a troop carrier where I sat on a seat. The carrier drove for about one-and-a-half hours to Ofer prison, near Jerusalem. At Ofer I was immediately taken to the military court. A lawyer was in court but my parents were not present. The hearing was adjourned. I was then transferred to Megiddo prison, inside Israel.

 

At Megiddo I was strip searched and taken to Section 3 where I stayed with other detainees my age. I had three other military court hearings at Ofer. My parents attended the hearings and I was allowed to speak to them. My lawyer was able to get me released on bail. My parents had to pay NIS 2,000..

 

I was released from prison on 16 October 2015, at around 10:00 p.m. My father was waiting for me at the checkpoint and I went home with him. We arrived home at around 2:30 a.m. I don’t know whether I will have another hearing or not and I don’t know whether my file has been closed or not.