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Zaher Ibrahim

A Palestinian-American teenager who spent 270 days in Israel's custody absent formal charges has been freed.

The teenager Mohammed Ibrahim was 15 at the time of his arrest this past winter within the occupied West Bank, while he was vacationing from his Florida home under suspicion of rock throwing toward Israeli settlers, claims he consistently denied.

The US state department said it welcomed Mohammed's liberation.

Currently aged sixteen, required hospitalization for treatment immediately after release, family members reported.

Family described him as showing signs of malnutrition, and experiencing medical problems acquired while detained.

In a statement, Mohammed's uncle expressed the family's "tremendous relief".

Family member Zeyad Kadur stated the family experienced "living a horrific and endless nightmare" during the entire detention period.

"Right now, we are focused on providing Mohammed with urgent medical care he requires following exposure to mistreatment by authorities and cruel circumstances throughout his detention."

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

{"American leadership considers paramount to ensuring the safety for United States citizens"," it added.

Twenty-seven US lawmakers endorsed a document to diplomatic officials and the administration, requesting additional efforts to release him.

The father, a father-of-four who runs an ice cream business based in Tampa, previously claimed his son only confessed to throwing stones because the soldiers beat him.

He had not seen or spoken to Mohammed since February, learning information solely regarding the treatment in detention through court documents.

Mohammed was held lacking indictment at Ofer detention facility in the West Bank.

The facility also contains mature inmates, some of whom have been convicted of serious terrorism offences and homicide.

An estimated 350 Palestinian child security detainees currently imprisoned in Israel, according to the Israeli Prison Service.

Many have never been charged while advocacy organizations, as well as the United Nations, report instances of physical abuse and torture.

Subsequent to his liberation, the uncle stated relatives would persist in advocating seeking justice for their relative family member Sayfollah.

This young American-Palestinian according to health authorities died from beating by radical settlers following tensions during summer.

During that period, defense forces stated they were examining information regarding a civilian had died.

Mohammed and Sayfollah collaborated in the family ice cream shop from Tampa.

No one has been charged with Sayfollah's killing.

"We anticipate the American government to ensure our family's safety," family representatives emphasized.