Overview

• Mayor Mike Josef said Frankfurt will participate in the municipal plan to host severely traumatized children from Gaza and from Israel for treatment in local hospitals.
• Hannover, Düsseldorf, Leipzig, Bonn and Kiel asked the federal government in early August to create a quota for especially vulnerable children and to authorize their medical and psychological care.
• Transfers depend on a federal legal framework, and neither Frankfurt nor the five initiating cities has received a formal response from Berlin.
• Hannover spokesperson Felix Weiper reported movement on the issue and pointed to a supportive letter from Lower Saxony’s Minister-President Olaf Lies.
• Foreign Office state minister Serap Güler criticized the proposal as electioneering and argued for regional admissions, as the Deutscher Städtetag is expected to discuss the initiative.