reporter: sporting two black eyes and a swollen lip, the 15-year-old leaves jerusalem s magistrate court free on bail. how do you feel now you re out? i feel i feel way better. reporter: images caught on cell phone thursday evening shows israeli police punching and kicking the tampa, florida native on the ground, hands bound behind his back. his parents say he was taking part but not throwing rocks. protesters sparked by the discovery of the burned body of his cousin, widely believed to sbrn killed by israeli extremists in revenge for the kidnapping and murder of three israeli teenagers in the west bank last month. israeli police continue to investigate the involvement in protests. he remains under house arrest for nine days, not in the family home, but rather in a relative s home in the adjacent neighborhood. what do you think of the decision of court? i m not really happy, because he s being he hasn t been
house arrest at this point for no reason really hurts and also that we have to pay a fine. senior international correspondent ben weidman spoke to the teen shortly after he was detained in house arrest. listen. reporter: in jerusalem it was relatively quiet although the atmosphere remains tense. one bit of good news, one palestinian american boy was released from israeli police custody, although that s not the end of the story. sporting two black eyes and a swollen lip, this 15-year-old leaves jerusalem s magistrate court free on bail. so how do you feel now that you are out? i feel way better. reporter: images caught on cell phone thursday rooechblg shows israeli police punching the tampa native with his hands bound behind his back. his parents say he was taking part but not throwing rocks.
a teenager from florida who says he was beaten by israeli security forces has been released from jail. the beating was caught on video and has sparked outrage around the world. the 15-year-old palestinian american appeared in court in jerusalem today and was put under house arrest. he is the cousin of another teen who was kidnapped and killed last week. several israeli jewish suspects were arrested today in connection with that killing. cnn s ben wedeman spoke with this teen and i do want to caution you, some of the images in this report are very graphic. reporter: sporting two black eyes and a swollen lip, the 15 year old leaves jerusalem s magistrate court free on bail. how do you feel now that you re out? i feel way better. reporter: images caught on cell then thursday evening show
now we ve learned he is under house arrest. an investigation into his case continues. 15-year-old tarik khedair tells cnn he remembers little of the incident. he remembers being attacked by police, and then woke up in the hospital. tariq s aunt is joining us. i ll get her reaction to the beating, the tension and uproar. first, senior international correspondent ben wedeman is tracking the investigation and the rising tensions after tareq s palestinian cousin was killed in possible retaliation for the murders of three israeli teenagers. reporter: anna, jerusalem today was relatively quiet though the atmosphere remains one bit of good news, a very tense. 15-year-old palestinian american boy released from israeli police custody, although that s not the end of the story. reporter: sporting two black eyes and a swollen lip, 15-year-old tareq khedair leaves