Two months before I was arrested I was in Jordan. When I came back my uncle told me that Israeli soldiers had come to our house at night to arrest me. When they didn’t find me they gave my uncle a summons but we ignored it and didn’t go to the police station.

 

On the day of my arrest I woke up at around 2:30 a.m. to the sound of banging at our front door. My mother came to my room and told me that Israeli soldiers were looking for me. I got up and saw soldiers talking to my father saying they wanted to arrest me. They did not give my father any documents but they told him they were going to question me about stone throwing.

 

The soldiers allowed me to get dressed and to say goodbye to my family. The then took me outside and led me towards the centre of our village. My mother followed me crying and pleading with the soldiers to let me go. This made the soldiers walk faster and to take a back road.

 

When we arrived at the village centre I saw a number of military jeeps waiting. I was tied with two plastic ties: one on each wrist and the two ties were connected to each other. The ties were tight. I was also blindfolded and put in the back of a jeep where I sat on a seat.

 

The jeep drove for about 30 minutes before stopping at a nearby military base. I was put in a courtyard where I sat on a chair until around 6:00 a.m. I was then taken to see a doctor who removed the blindfold and the ties and examined me and gave me a form to fill out. He then blindfolded and tied me again. Then I was taken back to the jeep which drove for about 30 minutes to the police station inside the settlement of Etzion.

 

Once inside Etzion I was made to walk for a long distance. I was then put in a room where a soldier struck me with his elbow and told me to stand up with both hands raised. He then grabbed the ties and hung me on a pipe which came out of the wall. I remained in that position for a few minutes. He then took me to a courtyard while I was still blindfolded. I fell down a number of times because I couldn’t see. The soldier was not careful and did not alert me to stairs on the way. He then made me sit on the ground together with other detainees.

 

The soldiers who were guarding us told me to stand up but I felt tired and sat down on the ground. Each time I sat down they yelled at me and told me to stand up. I remained in the courtyard until around 2:00 p.m. During this time I wasn’t given any food but I was allowed to drink and to use the toilet. I was then taken for interrogation.

 

The interrogator removed the ties and the blindfold and told me not to be afraid because if I confessed he was going to release me. He did not inform me of any rights. He then asked me for the names of boys who throw stones. When I told him I didn’t know anyone who throws stones he became angry, pushed me to the ground and beat me. He then spoke to me calmly and told me not to be afraid and that he would release me if I confessed. He told me other boys had confessed that I threw stones with them. I told him this could not be true. He then mentioned some names but I told him I didn’t know any of them.

 

The interrogation lasted for about an hour. The interrogator tried to call my father three times but my father didn’t pick up. I think he was busy at work. The interrogator then printed out my statement in Hebrew and asked me to sign it. I signed it without understanding what it said. He then took my photograph and my fingerprints and took me to a cell where I spent a night. I slept on a bed which didn’t have a mattress.

 

The following morning I was shackled and handcuffed and put in the back of a troop carrier. The carrier drove for about one-and-a-half hours to Ofer prison, near Jerusalem, where I was immediately taken to the military court. A lawyer was in court but not my parents because they were not notified. The hearing was adjourned and I was taken back to Etzion where I spent another night.

 

The following day I was shackled and handcuffed to the front and driven to Megiddo prison, inside Israel. At Megiddo I was searched (not stripped) and taken to the juvenile section.

 

I had three other military court hearings. Each time I was first transferred to Ramla prison, inside Israel, where I spent a night before I was taken to Ofer where the court is. The same happened on the way back. My parents and my lawyer attended the hearings. On the last hearing I was taken from Megiddo to Ramla and then to Al-Mascobia, in West Jerusalem, and then to Ofer.

 

At Al Mascobia an intelligence officer asked me questions about boys who throw stones. He also wanted to know whether I took part in throwing stones at soldiers. I told him I didn’t. He questioned me for about 10 minutes and then I was taken to the military court at Ofer.

 

On the last hearing I was fined NIS 2,000 and then taken to Ramla prison where they released me. I was released on 15 October 2015, at around 11:00 p.m.