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Zaher Ibrahim

An American-Palestinian teenager who spent 270 days in imprisonment by Israel absent formal charges was released.

The teenager Mohammed Ibrahim was fifteen years old during his detention last February throughout the West Bank territory, where he was visiting while residing in Florida accused of stone-throwing against settlement residents, which he previously denied.

American diplomatic officials expressed satisfaction with Mohammed's liberation.

Currently aged sixteen, required hospitalization for treatment immediately after release, relatives told the media.

According to them, he appears pale, underweight, and experiencing medical problems acquired while detained.

In a statement, Mohammed's uncle spoke of the family's "immense relief".

Family member Zeyad Kadur said the family had been "enduring a dreadful, continuous nightmare" over the last nine months.

"At this moment, our priority is providing Mohammed with the immediate medical attention necessary for his recovery following exposure to mistreatment by authorities and cruel circumstances over several months."

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

{"US government authorities has no higher priority to the protection and welfare of American nationals"," officials stated.

A group of American legislators submitted a formal letter to US authorities and the White House, urging greater action for his freedom.

The father, a father-of-four managing a frozen treats business in Florida, previously claimed Mohammed acknowledged allegations about rock throwing because the soldiers beat him.

The father hadn't visited nor direct contact following the detention, and only heard what had happened to him through judicial records.

He stayed without charge in Ofer prison throughout the occupied territory.

It is also home to mature inmates, some of whom have been convicted for major terrorist activities and murder.

Approximately 350 Palestinian minors in security custody being held in Israeli jails, according to the Israeli Prison Service.

Several lack formal charges and human rights groups, including UN bodies, document cases involving physical abuse and torture.

Following Mohammed's release, Mr Kadur said relatives would persist in advocating demanding accountability for their family member Sayfollah Musallet.

This young American-Palestinian who the Palestinian health ministry said succumbed to assault by settlement residents amid clashes during summer.

Initially, military authorities reported authorities were looking into accounts of a Palestinian was deceased.

Mohammed and Sayfollah were employed together in the family ice cream shop based in Florida.

No indictments occurred for the cousin's murder.

"We expect United States leadership to protect our families," the uncle stated.