India to build hospital in West Bank; seeks to deploy field hospital in Gaza
Sripriya Ranganathan participated in the ceremony for the Indian Super Speciality Hospital, held in Jenin and Ramallah in the presence of H.E. Dr. Mohammad Mustafa, Prime Minister of Palestine, and other dignitaries. Photo: X/@ROIRamallah. 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. 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. “She highlighted India’s expanding support to the Palestinian health sector, including essential medicines and anti-cancer drugs, an Artificial Limb Fitment Camp, …









