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Zaher Ibrahim

An American-Palestinian teenager after completing nine months in Israeli detention without charge has been freed.

The teenager Mohammed Ibrahim was 15 at the time of his arrest this past winter in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, where he was visiting while residing in Florida under suspicion of rock throwing against settlement residents, claims he consistently denied.

American diplomatic officials expressed satisfaction with the news of Mohammed's release.

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

According to them, he appears visibly pale and thin, while battling health issues contracted in captivity.

Via family representatives, family spokesperson expressed the family's "tremendous relief".

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

"Currently, we're concentrating on ensuring Mohammed receives urgent medical care he needs after experiencing harsh conditions and inhumane conditions throughout his detention."

The state department stated they would maintain to offer diplomatic assistance for the Ibrahim family.

{"The Trump Administration has no higher priority to the protection and welfare for United States citizens"," it added.

Twenty-seven US lawmakers had signed a letter to diplomatic officials and President Donald Trump, demanding more be done to secure his release.

The father, a father-of-four who runs an ice cream business based in Tampa, previously claimed Mohammed acknowledged allegations about rock throwing due to physical abuse.

There were no visits or communicated with his son following the detention, and only heard about his son's condition via legal paperwork.

Mohammed was held without charge in Ofer prison throughout the occupied territory.

The facility also contains grown detainees, featuring prisoners sentenced for major terrorist activities and homicide.

There are around 350 Palestinian child security detainees being held in Israeli jails, based on prison authority data.

Numerous remain uncharged along with monitoring agencies, and international organizations, say some have suffered physical abuse and torture.

After the teenager's freedom, Mr Kadur said the family would also continue fighting seeking justice for their relative Sayfollah Musallet.

This young American-Palestinian per medical officials died from beating by Israeli settlers during a confrontation in July.

During that period, defense forces stated officials were investigating accounts of a Palestinian had died.

The two cousins were employed together at their family's ice cream business in Tampa, Florida.

No one has been charged with Sayfollah's killing.

"We demand the American government to safeguard our relatives," family representatives emphasized.