
CNN
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Israel has released a Palestinian man who was controversially arrested at the age of 13, after he spent nearly a decade in jail.
Ahmad Manasra has been reunited with his family, his lawyer Khaled Zabarqa told CNN.
“Ahmad has completed his 10-year sentence and he is a free person now,” Zabarqa said. “The Israeli authorities have imposed restriction on the family as far as holding a welcome ceremony for Ahmad or talking to the media. “
Ahmad Manasra was arrested and imprisoned in 2015 after being caught with his cousin Hassan who stabbed two Israelis in East Jerusalem.
Hassan was shot dead at the scene while…