Palestinian woman delivers stillborn baby as Israeli soldiers delay ambulance at West Bank checkpoint

Middle East Eye · July 27, 2026 Human Rights

Palestinian woman delivers stillborn baby as Israeli soldiers delay ambulance at West Bank checkpoint A Palestinian woman delivered a stillborn baby in an ambulance after the vehicle was delayed by Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint in the occupied West Bank on Monday. 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, Palestinian medic Bashar Qaryouti told AFP. "She was suffering from very heavy bleeding and her condition was extremely critical," Qaryouti said.

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