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The families of Palestinian detainees on hunger strike in "Israeli" jails delivered petitions to the UN and the International Committee of the Red Cross, calling for the organizations to pressure the "Israeli" occupation to end its policy of administrative detention.

"We urge you ... to take urgent action to save the lives of our children and to pressure the ["Israeli"] occupation to end its policy of administrative detention against Palestinians, which is direct violation of international human rights," the letters said.

"We also express our deep concerns and fears with respect to additional violations perpetrated against the prisoners such as solitary confinement, arbitrary transfers, raids, and strip-searches, all of which are committed by the administration of the "Israeli" Prison Service," said a statement from the prisoner rights group Addameer.

The families' detainees are among some 120 Palestinian administrative detainees held in "Israeli" jails without charge or trial, who refused meals for the 20th day in a row on Tuesday.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team