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New Delhi: Palestinian Ambassador to India Abdullah M.A. Abushawesh on Friday, June 19, urgently called on India to send medical relief supplies and aid for the country’s devastated healthcare system in a press conference held in New Delhi. Further, he said that Palestinians face a “catastrophic” health crisis as a result of continued attacks by Israel.

“If not India and the Indian people, then who? And if not now, then when?” he said, adding that “thousands of Palestinians” could be saved if only they could secure timely aid.

Highlighting the alarm bells rung by multiple international humanitarian organisations reporting shortages of basic but critical medical supplies – anaesthesia, antibiotics, dialysis supplies, blood units, surgical equipment, saline and fuel to run hospital generators – Abushawesh said the Israeli attacks have brought Palestinian health sector to the “brink of collapse”.

In a statement, the Palestinian appeal was extended to all countries, including India, with which Palestine has historically shared close ties.

“The state of Palestine calls upon the international community in particular the government of India and the humanitarian organisations, medical institutions, civil society organisations and all other Indian and international........

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