The Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) has appealed to Saudi King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz to order the release of dozens of Palestinian detainees in the Kingdom.

The appeal was made by Ahmed Bahar, first deputy speaker of the PLC, during his meeting on Tuesday with relatives of Palestinian detainees in Saudi Arabia.

Addressing the detainees’ relatives, Bahar affirmed that their relatives in Saudi Arabia did not violate Saudi laws.

He noted that Mohamed al-Khudari, a senior Hamas official, have been detained by the Saudi authorities for several months, with no guilt, although he is over 80 years old and suffering from multiple chronic health problems.