Nearly 300 French writers: What is happening in Gaza is "genocide" and Israel must be punished.

300 French writers called for sanctions against the occupying state of Israel and an end to its aggression for committing genocide in the Gaza Strip.

In an article published, writers including two Nobel Prize laureates, Annie Ernaux and Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio, denounced the "genocide" against the people of Gaza and called for an immediate ceasefire.

The authors said in their article: "It was necessary to describe crimes against civilians wherever they occurred as war crimes and crimes against humanity. Today, what is happening in Gaza must be called genocide."

They stressed the need to impose sanctions on Israel, while reiterating the demand for an immediate ceasefire that guarantees justice and security for Palestinians, and an immediate end to this "genocide."

The list of signatories included several Goncourt Prize-winning writers, including Hervé Le Tellier, Jérôme Ferrari, Laurent Gaudet, Brigitte Giro, Leïla Slimani, Leilidy Salvér, Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, Nicolas Mathieu, and Eric Voillard.