By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

A Palestinian woman miscarried after Israeli forces delayed her ambulance, as settlers established eight new outposts across the occupied West Bank.

Key Takeaways

• A six-month-pregnant Palestinian woman lost her unborn child after Israeli forces detained an ambulance for more than 30 minutes.
• Israeli Army Radio reported that settlers established eight new outposts in the occupied West Bank following last week’s deadly raid on Tell.
• Palestinian officials say movement restrictions and settlement expansion continue to deepen the humanitarian crisis across the occupied territory.

Pregnant Woman Miscarries after Ambulance Delayed

A Palestinian woman lost her unborn child on Monday after Israeli occupation forces prevented an ambulance carrying her from reaching a hospital in the occupied West Bank, according to Palestinian medical officials.

Quds News Network cited Palestinian paramedic Bashar Qaryouti, who said the ambulance crew transported a 28-year-old woman, who was six months pregnant, from her home in the village of Qaryout, south of Nablus, after she lost consciousness and began suffering severe bleeding.

Medical personnel provided emergency treatment, including oxygen support, before setting off for Rafidia Governmental Hospital in Nablus.

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Ambulance Held at Checkpoint

Qaryouti said Israeli road closures forced the ambulance to abandon the main route and travel along agricultural roads after the entrance to the town of Al-Sawiya had been blocked.

The vehicle eventually reached the Awarta military checkpoint, where Israeli occupation soldiers closed the gate and prevented it from passing.

According to the paramedic, the crew bypassed traffic and activated the ambulance siren in an attempt to alert soldiers to the medical emergency.

Instead, Israeli soldiers emerged from a nearby military tower and, at gunpoint, ordered the driver to switch off the ambulance, causing its life-support equipment to stop operating.

Qaryouti said the crew informed the soldiers that the woman’s condition was critical, but they confiscated the identification documents of the medical staff and continued to hold the ambulance.

After more than 30 minutes, the woman miscarried inside the ambulance with the assistance of the accompanying nurse before Israeli occupation forces finally allowed the vehicle to proceed to the hospital.

Fouad Nafaa, director of Rafidia Governmental Hospital, said doctors succeeded in controlling the woman’s bleeding and that her condition is now stable.

Restrictions on Medical Access

The incident comes amid ongoing Israeli military raids and sweeping movement restrictions throughout the occupied West Bank.

Israeli occupation forces continue to maintain hundreds of checkpoints, roadblocks, and gate closures, frequently restricting the movement of Palestinians, including ambulances and medical personnel.

Palestinian officials and human rights organizations have repeatedly warned that the restrictions delay access to emergency medical care and endanger the lives of patients.

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Settlers Establish Eight New Outposts

Meanwhile, Israeli Army Radio reported that illegal Israeli Jewish settlers have established eight new settlement outposts across the occupied West Bank in the days following last Friday’s deadly raid on the town of Tell, southwest of Nablus.

During that attack, armed settlers, accompanied by Israeli occupation forces, killed four Palestinians and wounded four others.

Israeli Army Radio said that during the confrontation, a Palestinian man seized a weapon from an Israeli officer and opened fire, killing two Israeli soldiers.

According to the report, two of the new outposts were established within the past 24 hours—one on land between Deir Istiya and the Immanuel settlement in Area B, and another west of Deir Ballut in Area C.

Most of the new outposts were reportedly established on land designated under the Oslo II Accord as falling under Palestinian Authority administration.

Israeli Army Radio said the head of the occupation army’s Central Command, Maj. Gen. Avi Bluth, has not ordered the evacuation of any of the new outposts, adding that any such decision would depend on assessments by Israel’s political leadership.

A fetus died while its mother survived after Israeli soldiers delayed an ambulance at the Awarta checkpoint, south of Nablus, for more than 45 minutes. pic.twitter.com/omnlkeOjSV

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Continuing Settlement Expansion

The latest expansion comes amid an accelerating wave of settler violence and settlement construction across the occupied West Bank.

According to the Palestinian Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission, illegal Israeli Jewish settlers carried out 3,488 attacks against Palestinians and their property during the first half of this year alone.

The attacks have included killings, arbitrary detentions, arson attacks on mosques, home demolitions, destruction of agricultural land, restrictions preventing farmers from reaching their fields, forced displacement of Palestinian communities, and continued settlement expansion.

The United Nations considers all Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory, including occupied East Jerusalem, illegal under international law.

(PC, QNN, Al Mayadeen, WAFA)