US EditionPalestinian-American Teen Mohammed Ibrahim Released After Nine Months in Israeli Detention
Mohammed Ibrahim was held without charge for over nine months in administrative detention and suffered weight loss and infections, released after pressure from US lawmakers and rights groups.
- On Thursday, Mohammed Ibrahim was freed after more than nine months in Israeli detention, his family in Florida confirmed as the US marked Thanksgiving; relatives said, `Words can't describe the immense relief we have as a family right now.`
- Mohammed Ibrahim was arrested in February while on holiday at his family’s home in al‑Mazraa al‑Sharqiya, occupied West Bank, accused by Israeli authorities of throwing stones, which he and his family deny; he was held without charge at Ofer prison.
- He required immediate hospital treatment after detention for weight loss and infections, with relatives saying 25 soldiers raided his home at four in the morning, blindfolding and dragging him from his bedroom.
- His case drew months of pressure from US lawmakers and rights groups, and US consular staff visited him while the US State Department tracked the case and vowed continued support; Council on American-Islamic Relations' Robert McCaw urged an investigation, saying it's the US government's duty.
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The story of Mohammed Ibrahim, 16-yr-old released after 9 months in Israeli prison
Mohammed Ibrahim, a Palestinian-American teen, was freed on Thursday (November 27), after spending nine months in an Israeli prison. Israeli soldiers detained him when he was 15 for allegedly throwing stones at Jewish settlers in the West Bank. Ibrahim’s family says he drastically lost weight and developed scabies while in custody
West Bank: American child released after 9 months in Israeli prison
The Israeli occupation regime has released 16yo Palestinian-American Mohammed Ibrahim after abducting him in the occupied West Bank. Israel held him in ‘administrative detention’ for more than nine months without charge. Ibrahim is one of hundreds of children held captive by Israel in military prisons. This situation did not start with the genocide in Gaza — 500-700 Palestinian children were abducted by Israel every year long before it began its…
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