Overview

• Indonesia will convert a medical facility on uninhabited Galang Island to treat about 2,000 wounded Gazans.
• The site will also temporarily accommodate families of patients during the treatment period.
• Presidential spokesperson Hasan Nasbi emphasized the initiative is not an evacuation and that all patients will be repatriated to Gaza after recovery.
• Galang Island, off Sumatra, was home to a UN-run refugee camp until 1996 and functioned as a COVID-19 hospital in 2020.
• The initiative reflects Jakarta’s long-standing humanitarian assistance to Gaza and its rejection of any forced displacement under a two-state solution framework.