Palestinian-American teenager released from Israeli prison, checks into hospital

Mohammed Ibrahim, an American teenager held in Israeli custody for nine months, was released this evening and immediately checked into a hospital, his uncle Zeyad Kadur tells the AP.

Visibly thin, head shaven and still in a gray jumpsuit, Ibrahim, who turned 16 in prison, wipes tears away as he is embraced by family members shortly after his release in videos taken by the family. His father, Zaher Ibrahim, kisses his son and begins to cry.

Further footage shows him, again in the gray jumpsuit, smiling and shaking well-wishers’ hands.

“He’s skinny and pale, his eyes are sunken in and he still has signs of scabies,” Kadur, the boy’s uncle, tells AP.

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Ibrahim was arrested while visiting family in the West Bank with his parents. The Hamas-affiliated Prisoners’ Affairs Office describes the Florida teen as hailing from the Ramallah-area village of al-Mazraa ash-Sharqiya, where settlers allegedly beat to death fellow Palestinian-American Sayfollah Musallet in July.

Ibrahim was arrested at his family’s home at night for allegedly throwing rocks at Israeli settlers in the West Bank, according to the Council on American-Islamic Relations and several members of the US Congress. In an affidavit, Mohammed said he only confessed to stone-throwing after he was threatened by interrogators with a beating.

His family and lawyers say he was held in poor conditions, suffered a scabies infection and lost weight in jail.

Noam Lehmann contributed to this report.