23
Israeli soldiers had taken Mohammed Ibrahim from his home in a night raid when he was only 15 years old
A 16-year-old American citizen was freed on Thursday after spending nine months in an Israeli prison.
Mohammed Ibrahim, a Palestinian-American teenager from Florida whose case was first exposed by the Guardian in July, was released following a guilty plea and suspended sentence, according to his family. Relatives said he was taken to a hospital for intravenous therapy and blood work immediately after his release, and noted he is severely underweight, pale and is still suffering from scabies contracted during his detention.Ibrahim had lost a quarter of his body weight in detention, his family said.
