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Zaher Ibrahim

A Palestinian-American adolescent having endured nine months in imprisonment by Israel absent formal charges has been freed.

Mohammed Ibrahim was 15 during his detention this past winter in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, where he was visiting from his Florida home accused of stone-throwing toward Israeli settlers, allegations he repeatedly contested.

American diplomatic officials said it welcomed the news of Mohammed's release.

Currently aged sixteen, required hospitalization right after being freed, relatives told the media.

Family described him as visibly pale and thin, and experiencing medical problems contracted in captivity.

Through an official statement, Mohammed's uncle spoke of the family's "tremendous relief".

The uncle, Zeyad Kadur said the family had been "surviving a terrible, unending nightmare" during the entire detention period.

"Right now, we're concentrating on getting Mohammed the immediate medical attention he requires after being subjected to mistreatment by authorities and cruel circumstances over several months."

The state department said it would continue to offer diplomatic assistance for the Ibrahim family.

{"The Trump Administration considers paramount to the protection and welfare of US citizens"," the department emphasized.

Twenty-seven US lawmakers had signed a letter to the state department and the White House, demanding more be done to secure his release.

Mr Ibrahim, parent of four children operating an ice cream shop based in Tampa, had earlier stated his son only confessed about rock throwing because the soldiers beat him.

The father hadn't visited or spoken to Mohammed since February, learning information solely what had happened to him in detention through court documents.

He stayed absent formal charges within Ofer penitentiary on the West Bank.

Additionally housing grown detainees, including individuals found guilty for major terrorist activities and murder.

Approximately several hundred young Palestinian detainees currently imprisoned in Israel, based on prison authority data.

Many have never been charged and human rights groups, as well as the United Nations, document cases involving mistreatment and torture.

Following Mohammed's release, family representatives announced the family would also continue fighting demanding accountability for their family member family member Sayfollah.

This young American-Palestinian according to health authorities was beaten to death by Israeli settlers following tensions during summer.

Initially, defense forces stated officials were investigating accounts of a Palestinian was deceased.

Mohammed and Sayfollah collaborated at their family's ice cream business based in Florida.

No one has been charged with Sayfollah's killing.

"We demand United States leadership to ensure our family's safety," family representatives emphasized.