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Zaher Ibrahim

A American-Palestinian teenager who spent 270 days in Israeli detention absent formal charges has been freed.

Mohammed Ibrahim was fifteen years old when he was arrested in February within the occupied West Bank, where he was visiting from his Florida home accused of stone-throwing at Jewish settlers, claims he consistently denied.

American diplomatic officials expressed satisfaction with Mohammed's liberation.

Now sixteen years old, needed medical care upon gaining freedom, family members reported.

They said he is visibly pale and thin, while battling health issues developed during imprisonment.

Via family representatives, the youth's uncle expressed the family's "overwhelming sense of relief".

The uncle, Zeyad Kadur described how relatives endured "enduring a dreadful, continuous nightmare" over the last nine months.

"At this moment, we are focused on ensuring Mohammed receives prompt healthcare he requires following exposure to mistreatment by authorities and cruel circumstances over several months."

US officials said it would continue to offer diplomatic assistance for the Ibrahim family.

{"American leadership gives utmost importance than the safety and security for United States citizens"," officials stated.

Twenty-seven US lawmakers endorsed a document to the state department and the White House, requesting additional efforts for his freedom.

Mr Ibrahim, with four children who runs an ice cream business in Florida, previously said his son only confessed to throwing stones because the soldiers beat him.

There were no visits nor direct contact following the detention, receiving updates exclusively regarding the treatment through judicial records.

He stayed lacking indictment within Ofer penitentiary in the West Bank.

Additionally housing grown detainees, featuring prisoners sentenced of serious terrorism offences and murder.

There are around 350 Palestinian child security detainees 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 mistreatment and torture.

Subsequent to his liberation, Mr Kadur said they would maintain their efforts seeking justice for their relative their cousin Sayfollah.

The 20-year-old dual US citizen per medical officials was beaten to death by radical settlers during a confrontation during summer.

At the time, military authorities reported authorities were looking into accounts of a Palestinian had died.

The two cousins collaborated in the family ice cream shop in Tampa, Florida.

No charges have been filed regarding Sayfollah's death.

"We demand the American government to safeguard our relatives," the uncle stated.