Over 700 academics petition Israeli government to prevent starvation in Gaza

More than 700 academics have signed a petition calling on the Israeli government to take urgent action to prevent further starvation in the Gaza Strip.

Among the signatories are professors Eva Illouz, Nadav Davidovitch, Ruth Halperin-Kaddari, Avishai Margalit and Oded Goldreich.

The academics said urgent action must be taken before "the humanitarian catastrophe gets out of control, causes mass death and becomes an indelible stain".