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Zaher Ibrahim

An American-Palestinian youth who spent nine months in Israel's custody without being charged was released.

The teenager Mohammed Ibrahim was fifteen years old during his detention this past winter throughout the West Bank territory, while he was vacationing on holiday from Florida for allegedly throwing stones at Jewish settlers, claims he consistently denied.

United States authorities expressed satisfaction with the teenager's freedom.

Now sixteen years old, required hospitalization upon gaining freedom, according to close relatives.

Family described him as visibly pale and thin, while battling health issues contracted in captivity.

Via family representatives, family spokesperson conveyed their "overwhelming sense of relief".

Family member Zeyad Kadur said the family had been "living a horrific and endless nightmare" during the entire detention period.

"Currently, we're concentrating on providing Mohammed with the immediate medical attention he needs after being subjected to mistreatment by authorities and cruel circumstances throughout his detention."

The state department announced ongoing to provide consular support for the Ibrahim family.

{"US government authorities has no higher priority to ensuring the safety of American nationals"," it added.

Several congressional representatives endorsed a document to US authorities and the administration, requesting additional efforts for his freedom.

Mohammed's parent, parent of four children who runs an ice cream business in Florida, had earlier stated his son only confessed to throwing stones because the soldiers beat him.

There were no visits or spoken to Mohammed since the arrest, receiving updates exclusively what had happened to him via legal paperwork.

The teenager remained absent formal charges in Ofer prison in the West Bank.

Additionally housing adult prisoners, featuring prisoners sentenced for major terrorist activities and homicide.

Approximately several hundred young Palestinian detainees currently imprisoned in Israel, according to the Israeli Prison Service.

Several lack formal charges along with monitoring agencies, as well as the United Nations, report instances of abuse and torture.

After the teenager's freedom, family representatives announced they would maintain their efforts demanding accountability for their family member Sayfollah Musallet.

The 20-year-old dual US citizen according to health authorities succumbed to assault by radical settlers amid clashes in July.

During that period, defense forces stated officials were investigating information regarding a civilian was deceased.

The two cousins were employed together in the family ice cream shop based in Florida.

No one has been charged with Sayfollah's killing.

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