Mohammed's death triggered several days of rioting in the East Jerusalem neigbourhood of Shuafat, where he was snatched last Wednesday as he waited for morning prayers to start at his local mosque.
He was later found dead in a forest in the traditional Jewish western sector of the city, his body burned beyond recognition. Palestinian officials said a post mortem reveled he had been burned alive.
News of the arrests came after police had imposed a gag order on details of their investigations.
It also followed the emergence of new video footage that appeared to show the faces of two suspects as they approached the teenager before abducting him.
The film, taken from a CCTV security camera attached to a building owned by the teenager's family, shows the two walking towards the spot where he is believed to have been sitting when he was seized on July 2.
The pair are followed by a slow-moving car into which Mohammed is said to have been bundled.
The footage was taken by Israeli police after Mohammed's body was found but a version was recorded on the camera phone by the youth's father, Hussein Abu Khdeir, according to the Electronic Intifada, a pro-Palestinian website.
The site also shows a still photograph taken from the video in which the faces of the two men are at least partly visible and possibly identifiable.
Both appear to be in their late teens or early 20s with short cropped hair and are wearing T-shirts, one black the other white. Neither are wearing clothing that identifies them as Jewish.
In the video, the male in the white T-shirt can be seen pointing vigorously, possibly in a threatening manner.
No other person is visible in the footage. But the movements of the two men and the car following behind them is consistent with that seen in another video obtained by the family and passed to The Telegraph last week.
In the previous video, a struggle is seen to ensue in which a figure is apparently forced into the stationary vehicle, which then drives off at speed.
Superintendent Mickey Rosenfeld, a spokesman for the Israeli police, said the video appeared to be from among the "materials from the [police] investigation".
He added: "The investigation is continuing in order to understand whether the incident is criminal or not, or whether it is nationalistic."
The US state department said it was "profoundly troubled" by a separate video apparently showing two Israeli police officers punching, kicking and stamping on a youth being arrested following disturbances in the Shuafat neighbourhood, where Mohammed was abducted.
The beaten youth's face was obscured by a mask but he was said to be Tariq Abu Khdeir, 15, a cousin of the murdered teenager and a US citizen visiting Jerusalem from his home in Tampa, Florida.
The boy's parents released images of him in police custody with a badly swollen mouth and a black eye.
Jen Psaki, a state department spokeswoman, said: "We are calling for a speedy, transparent and credible investigation and full accountability for any excessive use of force."
Police said the youth had been involved in stone throwing and had attacked officers and resisted arrest, accusations denied by his family.
A Jerusalem court remanded Tariq on 10 days house arrest on Sunday, according to local reports. He was forbidden to go to Shuafat.
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