Overview
- The embassy made the appeal in New Delhi on Friday, June 19, asking India to provide roughly $100 million in life‑saving medicines and to support medical evacuations under the Aarogya Maitri initiative.
- Officials said only 19 of Gaza’s 36 hospitals remain partially operational, thousands of surgeries have been postponed and nearly 12,000 bodies are believed trapped under rubble, creating acute emergency needs.
- The Palestinian Ministry of Health reports about 180 of 520 essential medicines are unavailable and 50 of 97 cancer drugs are at zero stock, putting nearly 4,000 cancer patients at immediate risk.
- India has reiterated support for a two‑state solution, pledged $2.5 million to UNRWA and sent prior consignments of medical supplies, but it has not announced a direct bilateral package matching the embassy’s $100 million request.
- Humanitarian groups warn that collapsed sanitation, fuel shortages for generators and lack of consumables are raising the risk of disease outbreaks, worsening child mental‑health needs and further straining a health system already constrained by restricted aid and financial pressures.