Gaza paramedic describes medicine shortages and deaths despite ceasefire

On Markus Lanz, Ralf Stegner criticizes Europe's response and calls for tighter German arms-export controls.

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1:12Schroer describes destroyed infrastructure and winter rain worsening conditions in Gaza's camps.
7:25Fuel, electricity and medical shortages constrain emergency care; Schroer then explains barriers to evacuating patients abroad.
10:00Schroer says many standard cancer medicines and chemotherapy treatments are unavailable.
11:08Lau examines Eisenkot's possible coalition options, including cooperation with Arab parties.
18:50Stegner argues that Europe has failed and humanitarian law must apply equally to all sides.
26:31Stegner opposes arms deliveries to war zones and calls for transparent export controls and parliamentary scrutiny.

Floodwater runs through Gaza's tent camps in footage opening a Markus Lanz discussion, before paramedic Thorsten Schroer describes a humanitarian emergency that he says a ceasefire has not ended.

Schroer, who works for the Berlin aid organization CADUS and has completed five aid deployments in Gaza, says people continue to die from armed violence every day. Destroyed infrastructure and winter rain compound the difficulties, while shortages of fuel, electricity and medical supplies constrain ambulances and hospitals.

He describes barriers to evacuating patients abroad that exclude people from care before they can leave. For those remaining in Gaza, he says, many standard cancer medicines and chemotherapy treatments are simply unavailable. Maps shown during the discussion illustrate the military-control lines and the restricted space available to civilians.

The excerpt was published by ZDFheute Nachrichten, the news channel of Germany's public broadcaster Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF). Its German title, "Gazas humanitäre Krise: Kommt jetzt Bewegung in den Konflikt? | Markus Lanz vom 11. November 2026", asks whether there is now movement in the conflict.

That question takes the panel into Israel's post-election coalition negotiations. Die Zeit journalist Mariam Lau considers whether Gadi Eisenkot could cooperate with Arab parties. A former Israeli military chief, Eisenkot led the Yashar party into the election as Benjamin Netanyahu's main challenger.

The discussion then turns to Germany's responsibilities. Social Democratic lawmaker Ralf Stegner argues that European policy has failed over many years and that international humanitarian law must apply equally to all sides. Lanz presses him on the German government's response and on allegations raised before the International Court of Justice concerning German arms exports to Israel.

Stegner opposes weapons deliveries to war zones and dictatorships, calls the deliveries under discussion morally wrong, and advocates an arms-export control law providing transparency and parliamentary scrutiny. Schroer says he is missing a consistent, visible position from the German government as a whole.

Lau identifies a gap in political representation for people who support Israel's right to defend itself while condemning the humanitarian suffering and alleged war crimes. Stegner closes by urging Germany to use its diplomatic leverage with the United States and European partners to pursue a two-state solution.

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