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(13,176 posts) Tue May 20, 2025, 08:19 AM May 20

UN says 14,000 babies could die in Gaza in next 48 hours under Israeli aid blockade [View all]

Source: The Guardian

The UN’s humanitarian chief, Tom Fletcher, told the BBC this morning that 14,000 babies could die in Gaza in 48 hours if aid did not reach them in time. Five aid trucks entered Gaza on Monday but Fletcher described this as a “drop in the ocean” and totally inadequate for the population’s needs.

It followed the director general of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, saying yesterday that 2 million people were starving in the Gaza Strip while “tonnes of food is blocked at the border” by Israel.

The leaders of the UK, France and Canada yesterday condemned Israel’s “egregious actions” in Gaza and warned of joint action if Israel continued. Meanwhile, Palestinians began fleeing Khan Younis as Israel ordered people to “evacuate immediately” before an “unprecedented attack” that the military says is targeting Hamas infrastructure.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/20/first-thing-un-says-14000-babies-could-die-in-gaza-in-next-48-hours-under-israeli-aid-blockade

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UN says 14,000 babies could die in Gaza in next 48 hours under Israeli aid blockade [View all] groundloop May 20 OP

War Crimes Chasstev365 May 20 #1

And soon "Trail of Tears 2" LiberalArkie May 20 #6

Been debunked and posted on DU. AZLD4Candidate May 21 #32

I am sorry, I was referring to the desire to walk the Palestinians to Libya. LiberalArkie May 22 #36

My mother is native American (full blooded Haudenosaunee) and this is as insulting to me as calling Israelis nazis. AZLD4Candidate May 22 #38

Ethic cleansing?? bdamomma May 20 #2

A retracted lie? Beastly Boy May 21 #17

Thanks bdamomma May 21 #24

And today the BBC buried the lede regarding the retraction. lapucelle May 21 #30

What else would you call this but an Israeli genocide? OrlandoDem2 May 20 #3

Final Solution 2.0. Dave Bowman May 20 #5

But a new spelling. AloeVera May 20 #15

How'bout a retracted fairy tale? Beastly Boy May 21 #18

Good, but Israel is still using hunger as a weapon of war. OrlandoDem2 May 21 #22

Who is using hunger as a weapon of war is debatable. Beastly Boy May 21 #23

Except that this story has been debunked. n/t totodeinhere May 21 #33

Not really. There were 3,700 kids in March acutely malnourished. AloeVera May 22 #37

Also UN: We have received permission from Israel to allow 100 aid trucks into the Gaza Strip Beastly Boy May 20 #4

I hope that they realize that food is not an instant cure for a starving person. Only hospitals can help. LiberalArkie May 20 #7

With relatively few exceptions that require medical intervebntion, Beastly Boy May 20 #9

The time for the UK and the French moniss May 20 #8

Or just read the lates retraction from UN an BBC Beastly Boy May 21 #19

Nothing in the U.S. MSM. AloeVera May 20 #10

I think you will appreciate this fact in a few minutes Beastly Boy May 21 #20

No more words... AloeVera May 21 #25

I think you are brave enough to handle just a few: Beastly Boy May 21 #28

but, but what about the words of gaza health officials (the elected hamas government) they never lie AZLD4Candidate May 21 #31

Please BigMin28 May 21 #34

What does your question have to do with the UN lies? Beastly Boy May 21 #35

Pro Life? Coolgoober May 20 #11

It's a feature, not a bug. ECL213 May 20 #12

What? BBC and UN stepping in the manure of their own making? Beastly Boy May 21 #21

Good thing we got rid of "Genocide Joe" and Kamala. Wednesdays May 20 #13

"Know Their Names" AloeVera May 20 #14

That didn't age well, did it? Beastly Boy May 21 #16

No more words for anyone still defending THIS: AloeVera May 21 #26

Apparently, the BBC chairman is not impressed. Beastly Boy May 21 #27

The Irish Great Famine killed one and a half million people. Irish_Dem May 21 #29