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Zaher Ibrahim

A American-Palestinian adolescent having endured a nine-month period in Israel's custody without being charged has been freed.

The teenager Mohammed Ibrahim was fifteen years old at the time of his arrest last February throughout the West Bank territory, during a family visit on holiday from Florida accused of stone-throwing against settlement residents, which he previously denied.

The US state department expressed satisfaction with Mohammed's liberation.

Now sixteen years old, was taken to hospital right after being freed, family members reported.

Family described him as showing signs of malnutrition, and experiencing medical problems acquired while detained.

Through an official statement, family spokesperson expressed the family's "tremendous relief".

Zeyad Kadur described how relatives endured "surviving a terrible, unending nightmare" throughout the past nine months.

"At this moment, we are focused on getting Mohammed the immediate medical attention he needs following exposure to harsh conditions and cruel circumstances for months."

American authorities said it would continue to offer diplomatic assistance to Mohammed's family.

{"The Trump Administration gives utmost importance to the protection and welfare of US citizens"," officials stated.

Several congressional representatives submitted a formal letter to the state department and the administration, demanding more be done to release him.

Mohammed's parent, a father-of-four managing a frozen treats business from Florida, had earlier stated his son only confessed about rock throwing because the soldiers beat him.

There were no visits nor direct contact following the detention, and only heard what had happened to him in detention through court documents.

Mohammed was held absent formal charges in Ofer prison in the West Bank.

Additionally housing grown detainees, some of whom have been convicted of serious terrorism offences and murder.

There are around several hundred young Palestinian detainees detained within Israeli facilities, according to the Israeli Prison Service.

Many have never been charged and human rights groups, as well as the United Nations, report instances of physical abuse and torture.

Subsequent to his liberation, family representatives announced they would maintain their efforts seeking justice for their relative their cousin Sayfollah.

The dual national youth who the Palestinian health ministry said died from beating by radical settlers during a confrontation last July.

At the time, defense forces stated they were examining information regarding a civilian had been killed.

Both young men had worked together within the family's frozen treats establishment in Tampa, Florida.

No one has been charged regarding Sayfollah's death.

"We anticipate United States leadership to safeguard our relatives," family representatives emphasized.