Nobel laureates, top economists urge Netanyahu to halt Gaza occupation, starvation

A group of 23 prominent economists from the US and Europe, including ten Nobel Prize winners, have sent a letter to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The letter urges him to cancel plans for a military occupation of Gaza City and to permit unrestricted food aid into the enclave. The signatories express urgent concern about the spreading starvation and the Israeli government's plan to concentrate civilians in a so-called 'humanitarian city'. While the letter denounces the 7 October Hamas-led attacks, it affirms that the Israeli government remains responsible for the flow and distribution of aid.