India to build hospital in West Bank; seeks to deploy field hospital in Gaza
India is strengthening its diplomatic and humanitarian ties with Palestine by constructing a hospital in the West Bank and planning a field hospital in Gaza. The initiative underscores India's commitment to a two-state solution and regional health infrastructure.
Why it matters
This move reflects India's active role in Middle Eastern humanitarian aid and its attempt to balance diplomatic relations in a volatile region.
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.
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