The family of a 16-year-old dual American-Palestinian citizen is trying to secure his release from an Israeli prison where he has been held in detention for more than five months and where they say he has lost a significant amount of weight and developed a severe skin infection.
Muhammad Zaher Ibrahim was still 15 when he was arrested at his family’s home in the occupied West Bank village of Silwad in February. According to relatives, he was blindfolded and handcuffed before being taken to the Megiddo prison in Israel, where he remains in pre-trial detention accused of throwing rocks – accusations his family denies.
