The 16-year-old was detained by Israel over claims he threw rocks at a car. He has since lost around a quarter of his body weight in detention

In the early hours of the morning on 16 February, US citizen Zaher Ibrahim, his wife and two of his children were asleep in their home in the occupied West Bank. They woke to loud banging and shouting outside. When Ibrahim opened the door, he found around 25 to 30 Israeli police officers outside.

They came in, handcuffed and blindfolded his 16-year-old son Mohammed, and took him to Moscovia detention centre in Jerusalem. After a few weeks, in mid-March, he was taken to Megiddo prison, and is now at the notorious Ofer prison, where he was moved to in mid-August. Mohammad was in Palestine on holiday when he was detained. Ibrahim takes his children back regularly, sometimes twice a year, so that they can maintain a connection with their culture and ancestral lands.

Ibrahim said that the US ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, came to visit him at his home in the occupied West Bank, after Israeli settlers killed Mohammed’s cousin Sayfollah Musallet in July. “He [Mike] came and sat for an hour. And you know, we got a lot of words that he’s gonna do what he can do. Nothing was done," Ibrahim told Middle East Eye from Silwad, near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.

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    CNN: Palestinian teen died in Israeli prison after suffering ‘likely prolonged malnutrition’, autopsy finds

    The autopsy report described signs of severe weight and muscle loss, including loss of muscle mass at the temples, a sunken appearance at the abdomen and “almost absent muscle mass or subcutaneous fat on trunk and extremities.”

    “Autopsy findings suggest that Walid suffered from extreme, likely prolonged malnutrition as observed by his deeply cachectic state and complaints of inadequate food intake since at least December 2024,” it said.

    Guardian: Palestinian teenager dies in Israeli jail after being held six months without charge

    “His body was weakened due to malnutrition in the prisons in general,” Ahmad said.

    APNews: A Palestinian from the West Bank is first detainee under 18 to die in Israeli prison, officials say

    Walid’s lawyer, Firas al-Jabrini, said Israeli authorities denied his requests to visit his client in prison. But he says three prisoners held alongside Walid told him that he was suffering from dysentery, saying it was widespread among young Palestinians held at the facility.

    They said Walid suffered from severe diarrhea, vomiting, headaches and dizziness, the lawyer said. He said they suspected the disease was spreading because of dirty water, as well as cheese and yogurt that prison guards brought in the morning and that sat out all day while detainees were fasting for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

    Independent: Palestinian teen ‘likely died from starvation in Israeli prison’

    • 17-year-old Palestinian, Walid Ahmad, likely died from starvation in an Israeli prison, according to a medical report by an Israeli doctor who observed the autopsy.
    • Ahmad, held for six months without charge, showed signs of extreme malnutrition, colitis, and scabies.
    • He had reportedly complained of inadequate food since December.

    It does appear in western media and does mention the starvation and horrors. The problem is that the people in power in the west, the ones who could try to effect some change in the situation, are content to collect their money and ignore the suffering and death.