UN says children denied access to aid in world’s war zones

FILE - A Palestinian boy reacts near the site of an Israeli strike on a house in Rafah, Gaza Strip, March 24, 2024. Children in war zones around the world are not receiving lifesaving humanitarian aid, a senior U.N. official said on April 3, 2024. FILE - Displaced Sudanese children stand in the courtyard of a school where their families took refuge near Gadaref, Sudan, on March 6, 2024.

Children are being denied access to lifesaving humanitarian assistance in conflict zones around the world in a blatant disregard for international law, a senior U.N. official said Wednesday.