Palestinian-American Teenager Freed Following Nine-Month Period in Israeli Imprisonment
Zaher Ibrahim
An Palestinian-American youth having endured nine months in imprisonment by Israel absent formal charges was released.
Mohammed Ibrahim was fifteen years old during his detention last February throughout the West Bank territory, during a family visit while residing in Florida under suspicion of rock throwing against settlement residents, claims he consistently denied.
United States authorities said it welcomed Mohammed's liberation.
Currently aged sixteen, was taken to hospital right after being freed, according to close relatives.
According to them, he appears visibly pale and thin, and experiencing medical problems contracted in captivity.
In a statement, Mohammed's uncle expressed the family's "overwhelming sense of relief".
The uncle, Zeyad Kadur stated the family experienced "surviving a terrible, unending nightmare" over the last nine months.
"Right now, our priority is getting Mohammed urgent medical care he requires after being subjected to mistreatment by authorities and inhumane conditions throughout his detention."
The state department stated they would maintain to extend consular services 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 submitted a formal letter to US authorities and President Donald Trump, urging greater action to release him.
The father, parent of four children operating an ice cream shop from Florida, previously claimed his son only confessed about rock throwing because the soldiers beat him.
He had not seen or communicated with his son since February, learning information solely about his son's condition in detention through court documents.
The teenager remained without charge in Ofer prison in the West Bank.
It is also home to grown detainees, some of whom have been convicted for major terrorist activities and homicide.
An estimated several hundred young Palestinian detainees being held in Israeli jails, according to the Israeli Prison Service.
Several lack formal charges while advocacy organizations, and international organizations, report instances of abuse and torture.
Following Mohammed's release, the uncle stated relatives would persist in advocating for justice for his cousin Sayfollah Musallet.
The dual national youth according to health authorities was beaten to death by Israeli settlers amid clashes during summer.
Initially, the Israeli military said officials were investigating information regarding a civilian had been killed.
Both young men were employed together in the family ice cream shop from Tampa.
No charges have been filed regarding Sayfollah's death.
"We demand US authorities to protect our families," family representatives emphasized.
