Call for help from Gaza: Hospital fights for survival!
Lörrach provides information about current conflicts in the Middle East, the humanitarian emergency in Gaza and international reactions, as of December 22, 2024.

Call for help from Gaza: Hospital fights for survival!
The situation in the Gaza Strip continues to escalate dramatically. A hospital in Beit Lahia is urgently appealing to the international community to provide urgently needed medicine and food. According to the Hamas-controlled Ministry of Health, Kamal Adwan Hospital continues to be bombarded from the air, severely hampering medical care for patients. The situation there is becoming increasingly critical: there is a lack of drinking water, food and medical equipment. The hospital's director, Hussam Abu Safeia, warned urgently that without rapid intervention, patients could die, while at the same time the Israeli army is blocking supply routes, allegedly under the pretext that Hamas is using civilian facilities as a cover.
Rocket strike from Yemen reaches Tel Aviv
Meanwhile, Tel Aviv was hit by a rocket from Yemen, resulting in at least 16 injuries. This attack comes amid a series of similar attacks carried out by the pro-Iranian Houthi militia against Israel. Israel has repeatedly stressed that these attacks are part of broader aggression against the country and has tried to intercept the attacks, but without success. Media reports indicate that the Houthis expressed solidarity with Hamas and wanted to attack a military target in Israel.
On the same day, Syrian activists reported the deaths of five civilians killed in a Turkish drone strike in the northeast of the country. These attacks on civilians are seen as a serious violation of international law and are further stoking tensions in an already unstable region. Kurdish security forces have condemned this attack as another crime against humanity and called for international attention to the ongoing attacks on civilians.
The international community faces the challenge of alleviating the humanitarian crisis in Gaza while monitoring the explosive situation in Yemen and Syria. Loud publishing house-jaumann.de and tagesschau.de The complexity of the conflicts is further increased by ongoing military conflicts and their impact on the civilian population.