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Zaher Ibrahim

An American-Palestinian adolescent having endured a nine-month period in imprisonment by Israel without being charged was released.

Mohammed Ibrahim had just turned 15 at the time of his arrest last February throughout the West Bank territory, where he was visiting from his Florida home under suspicion of rock throwing against settlement residents, claims he consistently denied.

American diplomatic officials expressed satisfaction with the teenager's freedom.

Mohammed, now 16, required hospitalization for treatment immediately after release, family members reported.

According to them, he appears visibly pale and thin, and experiencing medical problems contracted in captivity.

Via family representatives, the youth's uncle conveyed their "tremendous relief".

Family member Zeyad Kadur said the family had been "surviving a terrible, unending nightmare" over the last nine months.

"At this moment, we are focused on getting Mohammed prompt healthcare he needs after being subjected to Israel's abuse and brutal treatment for months."

The state department said it would continue to extend consular services to Mohammed's family.

{"American leadership considers paramount to ensuring the safety of US citizens"," officials stated.

Twenty-seven US lawmakers had signed a letter to US authorities and the White House, urging greater action for his freedom.

Mohammed's parent, parent of four children operating an ice cream shop from Florida, previously said his child admitted guilt about rock throwing due to physical abuse.

The father hadn't visited nor direct contact since the arrest, and only heard what had happened to him in detention through court documents.

Mohammed was held lacking indictment within Ofer penitentiary throughout the occupied territory.

The facility also contains mature inmates, some of whom have been convicted regarding severe security violations and murder.

An estimated several hundred young Palestinian detainees being held in Israeli jails, per correctional service statistics.

Many have never been charged along with monitoring agencies, including UN bodies, document cases involving abuse and torture.

After the teenager's freedom, family representatives announced they would maintain their efforts for justice for his cousin Sayfollah Musallet.

The dual national youth per medical officials died from beating by settlement residents during a confrontation last July.

At the time, military authorities reported authorities were looking into accounts of a Palestinian had been killed.

The two cousins had worked together at their family's ice cream business from Tampa.

No charges have been filed for the cousin's murder.

"We expect US authorities to ensure our family's safety," family representatives emphasized.