The ‘Gaza genocide’ is a hoax
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TL;DR
- Tom Fletcher, UN under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs, made a statement in May 2025.
- Fletcher warned on BBC Radio that 14,000 babies in Gaza could die within 48 hours.
- The deaths were contingent on humanitarian access to the babies.