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UN Warns 14,000 Babies Could Die Within 48 Hours Under Israel Siege of Gaza
- On May 20, 2025, the UN humanitarian chief expressed grave concern that if humanitarian assistance does not reach Gaza promptly, thousands of infants there face life-threatening conditions over the next two days due to the ongoing Israeli blockade.
- The warning followed an 11-week Israeli blockade that caused a severe humanitarian disaster and only recently allowed limited aid into Gaza.
- Despite international pressure and the entry of five aid trucks carrying baby food, these supplies have yet to reach needy communities in Gaza.
- UN official Tom Fletcher called the five trucks a 'drop in the ocean' and urged the world to back efforts to send 100 trucks filled with nutrition into Gaza urgently.
- The situation implies escalating humanitarian risks, prompting joint statements from global leaders warning Israel to ease aid restrictions or face further concrete actions.
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BBC Presses UN Agency to Correct Viral Claim that ‘14,000 Babies’ In Gaza ‘Will Die In the Next 48 Hours’
The BBC this week played host to both a false claim that quickly went viral and grabbed headlines across the media, and, days later, to the reporting that debunked the claim. The fiasco began with the UN’s humanitarian chief, Tom Fletcher, telling the BBC’s Radio 4 Today show, “There are 14,000 babies that will die in the next 48 hours unless we can reach them.” Fletcher’s claim led to headlines like this one from The Guardian on Tuesday, “UN sa…
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Portland Press HeraldUS must stop supporting Israel’s genocide
On May 20, news sources declared that if Israel fails to allow food and other necessities to enter the ravaged communities of Gaza within “the next 48 hours,” 14,000 innocent children will die of starvation. Israel’s military (mostly supplied by weapons from the United States) has been blockading Gaza, thus causing thousands to die of […]
Israel's Policies have already Created Catastrophic Starvation Risk for Millions in Gaza: a Trickle of Aid won't Avert It
By Yara M. Asi, University of Central Florida (The Conversation) – After 18 months of punishing airstrikes, raids and an increasingly restrictive siege in Gaza, the United Nations on May 20, 2025, issued one of its most urgent warnings yet about the ongoing humanitarian crisis: an estimated 14,000 babies were at risk of death without an immediate influx of substantial aid, especially food. The assessment came a day after Israel allowed the first…
Israel's Catastrophic Starvation of Gaza's Millions
After 18 months of punishing airstrikes, raids and an increasingly restrictive siege in Gaza, the United Nations on May 20, 2025, issued one of its most urgent warnings yet about the ongoing humanitarian crisis: an estimated 14,000 babies were at risk of death without an immediate influx of substantial aid, especially food. Aid delivery continues to be inconsistent and well below what was necessary for the population, culminating in a dire warni…
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