Jauhn Etienne Villaruel

Israeli army vehicles block a road during a raid in Nablus, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on July 26, 2026. The Israeli military said a violent confrontation broke out between Israelis and Palestinians in the occupied West Bank on July 25, a day after clashes elsewhere in the territory left six people dead. Violence in the Israeli-occupied West Bank has surged since the Gaza war began with Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack on Israel. (Photo by Zain JAAFAR / AFP)

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Agence France-Presse

<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1785202455918Screen Shot 2026-07-28 at 9.34.01 AM.png" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Israeli army vehicles block a road during a raid in Nablus, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on July 26, 2026. The Israeli military said a violent confrontation broke out between Israelis and Palestinians in the occupied West Bank on July 25, a day after clashes elsewhere in the territory left six people dead. <em>Photo by Zain Jaafar/AFP</em></span></span></span></div><p>RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories — Palestinian health workers said a woman delivered a stillborn baby in an ambulance after the vehicle was allegedly delayed by Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint in the occupied West Bank on Monday.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/world/2024/10/7/displaced-gazan-mothers-struggle-to-care-for-their-newborns-1617">Displaced Gazan mothers struggle to care for their newborns</a></div><p>The 28-year-old woman was six months pregnant and unconscious when medics collected her from her home in the village of Qaryout, south of the city of Nablus, medic Bashar Qaryouti told AFP.</p><p>&quot;She was suffering from very heavy bleeding and her condition was extremely critical,&quot; Qaryouti said.</p><p>The woman was placed on oxygen and the ambulance set off for Rafidia hospital in Nablus, but soon found itself desperately searching for an open route, Qaryouti said.</p><p>The entrance to one nearby village was closed, forcing the ambulance to take dirt tracks through olive groves before reaching the Awarta checkpoint, where a gate was shut and a long queue of vehicles had formed.</p><p>Qaryouti drove to the front of the line and activated the ambulance siren.</p><p>He said soldiers emerged from a nearby watchtower about 10 minutes later and ordered him to switch off the ambulance.</p><p>Qaryouti said he explained that the vehicle&#x27;s medical equipment was being used to keep a patient alive.</p><p>&quot;They forced me, at gunpoint, to switch the vehicle off,&quot; he said, adding that the soldiers confiscated the crew&#x27;s identity cards.</p><p>Following an AFP request for comment, the Israeli military said &quot;the claim that IDF soldiers delayed an ambulance at the Awarta checkpoint is false,&quot; and that it did not receive a report of the incident from the Palestinian side.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>&#x27;RUSHED INTO SURGERY&#x27; </strong></div><div><br/></div><p>As the ambulance remained stranded, the woman&#x27;s condition worsened.</p><p>The nurse accompanying her was forced to deliver the baby inside the vehicle, Qaryouti said.</p><p>&quot;The baby was stillborn,&quot; he said.</p><p>After waiting for more than 30 minutes, the soldiers returned the crew&#x27;s identity cards and allowed the ambulance to continue, according to Qaryouti.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/world/2024/8/23/the-gaza-mothers-separated-from-their-newborns-by-war-1219">The Gaza mothers separated from their newborns by war</a></div><p>When they reached hospital, &quot;the mother was rushed into surgery to stop the bleeding&quot;, Qaryouti said.</p><p>Rafidia hospital director Fouad Nafaa said the woman had been &quot;prevented by the Israeli army from reaching the hospital&quot;.</p><p>Her bleeding had since been brought under control, and she was now in a stable condition, he said.</p><p>The Israeli military has launched a &quot;counterterrorism operation&quot; across the West Bank, creating several road closures throughout the territory.</p><p>The operation followed a deadly clash on Friday between Israeli settlers and Palestinians in the village of Tell that left two Israelis and four Palestinians dead.</p><p>Violence in the West Bank, occupied by Israel since 1967, has surged since the Gaza war began with Hamas&#x27;s October 7, 2023 attack on Israel.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div><div><strong><br/></strong></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEOS</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IcyRGfcvlT8?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pQtpoIBgPU4?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PSBGJj4l3s4?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>Palestinian health workers said a woman delivered a stillborn baby in an ambulance after the vehicle was allegedly delayed by Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint in the occupied West Bank on Monday.</p>

Palestinian health workers said a woman delivered a stillborn baby in an ambulance after the vehicle was allegedly delayed by Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint in the occupied West Bank on Monday.

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West Bank woman delivers stillborn baby after Israeli checkpoint delay: medics

Agence France-Presse

Published July 28, 2026 09:35 AM PHT

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