Khdeir returns to US: 'No child, Palestinian or Israeli, deserves to die.'
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TAMPA - The Palestinian-American teenager who relatives allege was beaten by Israeli authorities returned home to Florida, saying he will never think of freedom in the same way again.
Tariq Abu Khdeir, 15, and his mother flew back to Tampa on a flight arriving late Wednesday from New York and were greeted by about 50 cheering supporters waving American and Palestinian flags. The Khdeirs had flown out of Israel earlier in the day.
"I am only 15 but I will never think of freedom the same as I did two months ago," Tariq said upon arrival at Tampa International Airport. "No child, whether they are Palestinian or Israeli, deserves to die."
