United Nations Back to 14,000 Gaza Baby Death is claimed

The United Nations has retreated on a widely reported claim made by its human chief, Tom Fletcher, that 14,000 children in Gaza may die within 48 hours. If the aid does not reach them, a figure now confirms a figure to reflect a long -term estimate.Talking to the BBC on Tuesday, Fletcher said: “There are 14,000 children who will die in the next 48 hours, until we can reach them,” cited the child’s food and nutritional dosage on the border, cited trucks. Asked how he reached that number, Fletcher replied that “strong teams on the ground” were assessing human status from medical centers and schools.However, the BBC later confirmed that the figure was based on an integrated food safety phase classification (IPC) report, with about 14,100 cases of severe rapid malnutrition in children over six to 59 months in a period of one year from April 2025 to March 2026. The report did not mention that these children will die within 48 hours.As Jerusalem PostHuman affairs (UNOCHA) later clarified that the figure was accurate, the deadline for coordination of the United Nations office. Unocha was said by the BBC, “We need to receive supply as soon as possible, ideally within the next 48 hours,” emphasizing urgency but did not predict mass deaths in that period.Despite the explanation, Fletcher’s original statement expressed international concern and was quoted by at least nine UK Parliament members, Jewish chronicleCritics, especially Israel’s voices, accused Fletcher of increasing the numbers to pressurize Israel. Former Israeli government spokesperson Elon Levi labeled the “A Hocx” figure on X.As a dispute, Israel re -exposed the assistance access to Gaza on 18 May as after it stopped after the end of March. On Tuesday, about 93 un-imposed trucks carrying flour, baby food, medical gear and pharmaceuticals were allowed, Newsweek Informed Fletcher called it a “a drop in the ocean”, warned that much more aid was still immediate requirement.Fletcher also rejected Israel’s new plan for assistance through a nominated “Hamas-free” region in Southern Gaza, calling it a “dodi modelity”. He said that the previous method of distributing assistance did better, saying: “Military aggressive objectives would have to be supported to go with other models.”Amidst the increase in international pressure, UK Foreign Secretary David Lammi announced a suspension of trade talks with Israel, which recently called military growth “morally inappropriate”. The UK Prime Minister Kir Stemper described the situation as “completely unbearable”, “We cannot allow the people of Gaza not to starve.”