A few days before I was arrested an Israeli intelligence officer contacted my father and told him to bring me for interrogation at Ofer. My father didn’t give this much attention and we didn’t go to Ofer on the specified date and time. One day after the specified day the officer contacted my father again and threatened him and told him to bring me to Ofer at 8:00 a.m. the following day otherwise he was going to arrest me from home and cancel my father’s work permit.

 

The following day I went with my father as ordered. We waited in the sun for about three hours before my father was taken to the interrogation room by himself and I waited outside. The interrogation lasted for about an hour. I was then taken for interrogation by myself.

 

I was questioned about throwing stones and about the boys who take part in throwing stones. I told the interrogator I had nothing to do with these things. He threatened to cancel my father’s work permit and to punish me but I didn’t confess. The interrogator showed me an photo of our house on his computer screen. He questioned me about my friends. I told him I didn’t have many friends and that I mostly hang out with my cousin.  He did not tell me about any rights. When the interrogation was over I went home with my father.

 

On 12 September 2015, at around 2:30 a.m. soldiers raided our house while I was asleep. They tried to break down the front door but my brother rushed to open it. They went straight to my bedroom and snatched me out of bed. The commander asked everyone else to show their identity cards and started to search the house. They took my mobile phone and told me to get dressed and to say goodbye to my family. The soldiers did not give us any documents and did not tell my parents where they were taking me or the reason for my arrest.

 

They dragged me out of the house and then beat me and twisted my arm. They made me stand by a truck where they searched me aggressively. They tied my hands behind my back with one plastic tie which was very tight and they blindfolded me. I was then taken to a vehicle. I tried to feel my way inside the vehicle for a place to sit. A female soldier kicked me and forced me into a seat. At this point I was having difficulties breathing because the blindfold was very tight and covered my nose. I asked someone to do something about it and instead I was beaten with  the back of a gun and kicked.

 

The vehicle drove around the village and the soldiers arrested my cousin and another person. They took the three of us to the military watchtower near a settlement. They made us sit outside until around 2:00 p.m. During this time I was allowed to use the toilet once. I was then examined by a doctor who asked me some questions through an interpreter. I was examined while I was still tied and blindfolded. I was then put in the back of a jeep where I sat on the floor with other detainees.

 

The jeep drove for about an hour before stopping at the police station in Binyamin settlement. I was put in a room where I waited for about three hours before I was taken for interrogation at around 6:00 p.m. An intelligence officer was in the interrogation room. He was tall and looked scary to me. He removed the tie and the blindfold and replaced them with handcuffs. He also shackled me. He put his weapon on the table, waved a tape recorder at me and asked me whether I knew what it was. He told me I had the right to remain silent but warned me that this might have an impact on me.

 

He pulled out a piece of paper and accused me of throwing stones on Route 443. He accused me of causing troubles and told me there were confessions against me. I denied the accusation and challenged him to confront me with anyone who testified against me. He then lost his temper and started to shout and yell at me and made a gesture in his hand as if he was going to hit me.

 

He then wanted to know why I spend so much time near Route 443. I told him my family owns agricultural land in the area and I go there with my friends. He asked me for the names of my friends but I refused to give him their names. He then showed me a document written in both Arabic and Hebrew and asked me to sign it. The document said I wasn’t beaten by the interrogator. I signed the document after I read it. He also printed out my statement in Hebrew and asked me to sign it but I refused.

 

I was then taken to be photographed and fingerprinted. I was re-tied with three plastic ties to the front: one on each wrist and another connecting the two and taken to a reception area. I was also blindfolded and then taken to a jeep. Inside the jeep the commander removed the blindfold and took a picture of me. The jeep drove for about 30 minutes to Ofer prison, near Jerusalem. The person in charge at Ofer looked at the documents and told the soldiers I was a minor and they sent me back to the jeep and refused to admit me. It was around 9:00 p.m.

 

The jeep drove around for a while. We went to a deserted area and the jeep broke down. The soldiers tried to fix it but they did not succeed. Another vehicle arrived and took me back to Ofer prison. At Ofer they examined my papers, took another picture of me, strip-searched me and took me to Section 13.

 

Two days later I was told I had a military court hearing. I left prison at around 7:00 a.m. and remained in the waiting room until around 7:00 p.m. I was then called to court. The officer examined my papers and sent me back to the waiting room where I remained until around 10:00 p.m. I was then taken back to prison.

 

The following day I was told they were going to take me for another interrogation. I was put in a jeep with my cousin who was arrested with me. The jeep went to the police station in Binyamin settlement where I was photographed from different angles. They also took measurements of my head and wrote down the colour of my hair. My cousin and I waited in an area with lots of soldiers. We were then given back our personal items without my identity card. When I asked for it the commander told me not to ask any questions and threatened to take me back to Ofer.

 

I was then released. It was 18 September 2015. My father was waiting for me outside the police station and I went home with him together with my cousin.