Overview
- An ambulance carrying a six-month pregnant Palestinian woman was held at the Awarta checkpoint for about 30–45 minutes, and medics say the baby was delivered stillborn inside the vehicle on Monday.
- Paramedics report Israeli soldiers ordered the crew to turn off power and sirens and inspected identity documents, which they say cut oxygen and other life-support access while the patient deteriorated.
- After the ambulance reached Rafidia Surgical Hospital the mother received two units of blood and emergency surgery to stop bleeding and complete the miscarriage.
- Humanitarian organisations including the Palestinian Red Crescent and Physicians for Human Rights say the incident took place during a near-total military lockdown of Nablus that has paralyzed ambulance routes, and WHO data records hundreds of attacks or obstructions to health care in the West Bank in 2025.
- Reporters and aid groups say there is no published Israeli military response to the specific allegations and the case raises urgent questions about checkpoints, patient screening practices, and the wider impact of movement restrictions on emergency care.