Academics in "Israel" called on their country's government, on Sunday, to take urgent measures against hunger in the Gaza Strip "before it causes mass deaths."

The Hebrew newspaper Haaretz reported that 730 academics in Israel supported a signature campaign launched to take urgent action against hunger in Gaza.

The academics called on the government to "take urgent measures against hunger before the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza gets out of control, causes mass deaths and turns into an indelible stain."

The academics also stressed the need to release prisoners detained in Gaza.

Among those who supported the signing campaign were the President of Tel Aviv University, Professor Ariel Porat, and the President of the Israeli Academy of Humanities, Professor David Harel.

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) reported on Sunday that “hunger is everywhere in the Gaza Strip.”

The UN agency stressed, in a post on its account on the X platform, that “the situation in northern Gaza is tragic, as ground aid is prevented despite repeated appeals.”

As a result of the war and Israeli restrictions, the residents of Gaza, especially the Gaza and northern governorates, are on the verge of famine, in light of a severe scarcity of food, water, medicine and fuel supplies, with the displacement of about two million Palestinians from the Strip, which has been besieged by Israel for 17 years.

Since last October 7, the Israeli army has been waging a devastating war on the Gaza Strip that has left tens of thousands of civilian casualties, an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe, and massive destruction of infrastructure and property, according to Palestinian and UN data.