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Zaher Ibrahim

An American-Palestinian adolescent having endured nine months in imprisonment by Israel without being charged was released.

The teenager Mohammed Ibrahim had just turned 15 during his detention last February in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, while he was vacationing from his Florida home accused of stone-throwing against settlement residents, which he previously denied.

The US state department applauded the teenager's freedom.

Now sixteen years old, needed medical care right after being freed, family members reported.

They said he is pale, underweight, while battling health issues contracted in captivity.

Through an official statement, the youth's uncle spoke of the family's "tremendous relief".

Family member Zeyad Kadur stated the family experienced "surviving a terrible, unending nightmare" over the last nine months.

"At this moment, we're concentrating on getting Mohammed the immediate medical attention he requires following exposure to harsh conditions and brutal treatment for months."

US officials said it would continue to offer diplomatic assistance to the teenager's relatives.

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

Twenty-seven US lawmakers had signed a letter to the state department and President Donald Trump, urging greater action to release him.

Mohammed's parent, parent of four children operating an ice cream shop based in Tampa, previously claimed Mohammed acknowledged allegations about rock throwing because the soldiers beat him.

He had not seen or spoken to Mohammed since the arrest, receiving updates exclusively about his son's condition via legal paperwork.

The teenager remained without charge at Ofer detention facility on the West Bank.

Additionally housing mature inmates, including individuals found guilty regarding severe security violations including killings.

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

Many have never been charged while advocacy organizations, and international organizations, report instances of abuse and torture.

Subsequent to his liberation, family representatives announced relatives would persist in advocating demanding accountability for their family member family member Sayfollah.

This young American-Palestinian who the Palestinian health ministry said succumbed to assault by Israeli settlers during a confrontation during summer.

Initially, military authorities reported authorities were looking into information regarding a civilian was deceased.

Both young men collaborated at their family's ice cream business in Tampa, Florida.

No indictments occurred with Sayfollah's killing.

"We demand US authorities to safeguard our relatives," Mr Kadur said.