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India pledged millions for Palestinian people as it will establish a Specialty Hospital, an Artificial Limb Fitment Centre and a Vocational Training Institute in the Palestinian territory. This was announced by External affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar at the the Palestine donor group meeting in Brussels and also at the United Nations Security Council, New York.

India remains one of the top donors to this group which oversees the needs of the people of Palestine in the light of ongoing conflict with Israel.

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The State of Palestine expresses its profound appreciation to H.E. Dr. @DrSJaishankar and @MEAIndia for India's landmark commitment to establish a Specialty Hospital, an Artificial Limb Fitment Center, and a Vocational Training… pic.twitter.com/5XDX1r7buJ

— Abdullah M. Abu Shawesh (@AM_Shawesh) July 15, 2026

In Delhi, Palestinian Ambassador to India Abdullah M Abu Shawesh welcomed India's announcement of three new development projects for Palestine. He called them as "very significant and very important initiatives that would address urgent humanitarian and economic needs amid the ongoing conflict.”

Abu Shawesh, speaking with ANI, said that the first project would fulfil Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 2017 commitment to establish a new hospital in the Palestinian territories.

"The very first one is to complete the pledge that His Excellency Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched in 2017 of establishing a new hospital in the Palestinian territory, and now we are, I think, in the very final phase to start the implementation of this project in Jenin in the West Bank," Abu Shawesh said.

Highlighting the importance of the proposed artificial limb fitment centre, the ambassador said thousands of Palestinians in Gaza had suffered amputations during the ongoing conflict.

"You might know that approximately 5,000 to 6,000 Palestinians had endured life-changing amputations in Gaza during the ongoing Israeli genocidal war. We are in Palestine in a very desperate need for this type of project," he said, adding that he had discussed the proposal with the Indian External Affairs Minister during his first meeting with him.

#WATCH | Delhi: Palestinian Ambassador to India, Abdullah Abu Shawesh says, "India declared three very significant and very important projects. The very first is establishing or building a new Hospital in the Palestinian territory. We are in the very final phase to start the… https://t.co/iscwbR3aLz pic.twitter.com/4LJR30rtXG

— ANI (@ANI) July 15, 2026

Abu Shawesh also recalled India's recent pledge of USD 5 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), describing it as another important contribution to humanitarian assistance.

On the vocational training institute announced by India, the Palestinian envoy said the project had come at the right time, given India's expertise in vocational education and the challenges facing the Palestinian economy.

"We believe that this is a very important project right now, and it's at the exact time, especially for two main reasons. India has a lot of relative advantage when it comes to vocational training. During the last 1,010 days of the genocidal war, Israel did not spare any effort to stifle the Palestinian economy. This type of project will help sustain, improve and push forward the Palestinian economy at large," he said.

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Jaishankar, in his address to launch India's candidature to serve as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), said, "UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Work Agency for Palestine refugees in Near East) recognises India as its top emerging donor.” He announced the three measures and also said these were “in line with our longstanding support for a two-State solution."