'I lost my baby': Ambulance delay by Israeli army ends in tragedy for Palestinian mother

'I lost my baby': Ambulance delay by Israeli army ends in tragedy for Palestinian mother Submitted by Fayha Shalash on Tue, 07/28/2026 - 06:27 As Israel’s military lockdown paralyses movement around Nablus, medics race through checkpoints to save lives, but not every patient survives A Palestinian ambulance is seen in front of Israeli soldiers during a military raid in the Rafidia neighbourhood of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank, on 12 July 2026 (Nasser Ishtayeh/SOPA Images via Reuters) Off When the pain became unbearable, Rana* rushed to a clinic in Qaryut, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, just before dawn on Monday. After examining the 34-year-old Palestinian mother of two, doctors told her she had gone into premature labour. She was six months pregnant.