❗️US teen detained by Israel for 8 months as US Congress demands action
❗️US teen detained by Israel for 8 months as US Congress demands action
16-year-old Mohammed Zaher Ibrahim, a Palestinian-American from Florida, has been held in Israeli military detention in the occupied West Bank for eight months without trial.
He was taken during an Israeli military raid on his family home in Ramallah in February and charged with throwing rocks at Israeli vehicles, charges he denies.
Despite a recent ceasefire and release deals for nearly 2,000 prisoners, Mohammed remains behind bars. His family says he has lost a quarter of his body weight and they are unable to confirm his condition. But pressure is mounting: 27 US lawmakers have written to the Trump administration demanding updates and calling for his release.
Mohammed is the only American child currently in Israel’s military prison system among 360 other Palestinian children, according to children’s rights groups. His mother, Mona, continues to plead: “If you were the president of the United States and you see an American citizen imprisoned in an Israeli jail known for torture and starvation, what would you do?” Mona said. “Would you leave him for eight months to suffer and do nothing about it?”
