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A Palestinian-American teenager having endured nine months in Israeli detention without being charged gained freedom.

The teenager Mohammed Ibrahim had just turned 15 at the time of his arrest last February within the occupied West Bank, during a family visit while residing in Florida under suspicion of rock throwing at Jewish settlers, which he previously denied.

American diplomatic officials said it welcomed Mohammed's liberation.

Now sixteen years old, required hospitalization for treatment immediately after release, according to close relatives.

They said he is showing signs of malnutrition, and is suffering from conditions acquired while detained.

Via family representatives, family spokesperson conveyed their "overwhelming sense of relief".

Zeyad Kadur said the family had been "living a horrific and endless nightmare" over the last nine months.

"Currently, we're concentrating on providing Mohammed with the immediate medical attention he needs after experiencing mistreatment by authorities and cruel circumstances for months."

American authorities stated they would maintain to provide consular support to Mohammed's family.

{"American leadership considers paramount to the protection and welfare of American nationals"," it added.

Twenty-seven US lawmakers endorsed a document to US authorities and the White House, urging greater action to release him.

Mohammed's parent, a father-of-four operating an ice cream shop from Florida, had earlier stated his son only confessed regarding stone throwing because the soldiers beat him.

There were no visits nor direct contact following the detention, and only heard regarding the treatment through judicial records.

He stayed lacking indictment at Ofer detention facility in the West Bank.

Additionally housing mature inmates, some of whom have been convicted for major terrorist activities and homicide.

Approximately 350 Palestinian child security detainees currently imprisoned in Israel, per correctional service statistics.

Numerous remain uncharged along with monitoring agencies, including UN bodies, document cases involving mistreatment and torture.

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

The dual national youth per medical officials succumbed to assault by radical settlers amid clashes during summer.

At the time, defense forces stated they were examining accounts of a Palestinian was deceased.

Both young men had worked together in the family ice cream shop in Tampa, Florida.

No indictments occurred for the cousin's murder.

"We expect the American government to safeguard our relatives," Mr Kadur said.