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Zaher Ibrahim

A American-Palestinian teenager who spent a nine-month period in Israeli detention without charge was released.

Mohammed Ibrahim was 15 at the time of his arrest last February in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, where he was visiting on holiday from Florida for allegedly throwing stones at Jewish settlers, allegations he repeatedly contested.

The US state department applauded the teenager's freedom.

Now sixteen years old, needed medical care right after being freed, according to close relatives.

According to them, he appears visibly pale and thin, and experiencing medical problems developed during imprisonment.

Through an official statement, the youth's uncle conveyed their "overwhelming sense of relief".

The uncle, Zeyad Kadur described how relatives endured "surviving a terrible, unending nightmare" during the entire detention period.

"At this moment, we're concentrating on getting Mohammed urgent medical care necessary for his recovery after experiencing mistreatment by authorities and inhumane conditions over several months."

US officials stated they would maintain to offer diplomatic assistance to the teenager's relatives.

{"The Trump Administration considers paramount than the safety and security of US citizens"," officials stated.

A group of American legislators had signed a letter to diplomatic officials and President Donald Trump, requesting additional efforts for his freedom.

Mohammed's parent, a father-of-four operating an ice cream shop based in Tampa, previously claimed his son only confessed regarding stone throwing after being assaulted by soldiers.

The father hadn't visited or spoken to Mohammed following the detention, learning information solely about his son's condition through judicial records.

The teenager remained lacking indictment at Ofer detention facility in the West Bank.

It is also home to grown detainees, featuring prisoners sentenced of serious terrorism offences and homicide.

Approximately several hundred young Palestinian detainees currently imprisoned in Israel, based on prison authority data.

Several lack formal charges along with monitoring agencies, as well as the United Nations, document cases involving mistreatment and torture.

Subsequent to his liberation, the uncle stated the family would also continue fighting seeking justice for their relative family member Sayfollah.

This young American-Palestinian according to health authorities died from beating by settlement residents during a confrontation during summer.

During that period, defense forces stated they were examining accounts of a Palestinian had died.

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

No charges have been filed regarding Sayfollah's death.

"We expect United States leadership to safeguard our relatives," Mr Kadur said.