[Correspondence] An urgent call for the cessation of hostilities in the Middle East

On Oct 12, 2023, merely a few days after the sudden brutal attack of Hamas on Israel, The Lancet published a Correspondence by three Israeli doctors calling for the immediate release of Israeli hostages.1 Using the same moral compass, we—three Israeli doctors, one of whom was also an author on the previous Correspondence—now call for the immediate end of Israeli bombardments in the Gaza Strip and for the immediate return to negotiations towards the cessation of war.