14,000 babies in Gaza would die in the next 48 hours unless aid reached them
hedged in the source 2025-05-01 → 2025-06-01
Standing
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What bears on it
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Voices
- Tom Fletcher independent hedged
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What the documents actually said
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- 14,000 babies in Gaza would die in the next 48 hours unless aid reached them
In May 2025, Tom Fletcher, the United Nations under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs, went on BBC Radio and told the audience that 14,000 babies in Gaza were going to die “in the next 48 hours unless we can reach them.”
Sources
Who and what it involves
Origin: extracted from Evidence doesn't point to a genocide in Gaza — despite all of the rage · 2026-09-09 06:27