U.N. warns humanitarian conditions worsening across Gaza, Yemen, Sudan, Somalia and eastern Congo

A United Nations spokesperson said Wednesday that humanitarian needs are worsening across multiple crisis zones, and repeatedly urged parties to allow unimpeded access for relief supplies.

The spokesperson said hostilities in Gaza continue "unabated," with Israeli airstrikes hitting tents and areas sheltering displaced families. Teams from the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported strikes in Khan Yunis and Al Mawasi that they said killed at least eight people and injured more than a dozen, many of them children. The spokesperson said nearly 20 families lost shelters and belongings at the sites visited.

The U.N. spokesman described acute shortages of food, water, medicine and shelter at multiple displacement sites in Khan Yunis, where nearly 2,500 displaced people were sheltering at two locations visited by OCHA. "Children are going hungry," the spokesperson said, and described overcrowding and injuries during food distributions. The spokesperson said partners screened about 1,300 children in northern Gaza last week and identified more than 80 cases of acute malnutrition, "a twofold increase from previous weeks."

The spokesperson also said…