India has reiterated its developmental and health-related commitments to the state of Palestine and emphasised the need for a ‘two-state solution’ to the Israel-Palestinian conflict. India’s message was conveyed during the ongoing visit of Secretary of the Ministry of External Affairs, Sripriya Ranganathan, to Ramallah, the administrative headquarters of the Palestinian Authority (PA).
Ms. “She highlighted India’s expanding support to the Palestinian health sector, including essential medicines and anti-cancer drugs, an Artificial Limb Fitment Camp, and the deployment of an Indian field hospital in Gaza. Ranganathan, the highest-ranking Indian diplomat to visit the West Bank since Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attack, discussed a range of Indian initiatives with Palestinian officials, including the deployment of an Indian field hospital in the Gaza Strip, said the Indian Representative Office in Palestine. On Wednesday (August 19, 2026), the Indian and Palestinian teams launched the construction work of a super-speciality hospital in Jenin, West Bank.
During the engagement, the Secretary also handed over a consignment of medicines from the Government of India to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, reaffirming India’s continued support to Palestinian healthcare services,” the Indian mission in Ramallah said in a statement.
On Wednesday (August 19, 2026), the Indian and Palestinian teams jointly carried out the groundbreaking ceremony for the 200-seat super-speciality hospital that will be built in the Arrabeh city in Jenin Governorate in the northern West Bank.
