Pregnant Palestinian woman loses unborn baby after Israeli checkpoint delay

On July 28, 2026, ambulance driver Bashar al-Qaryuti picked up a severely bleeding six-month pregnant woman from Qaryut, southeast of Nablus. Israeli soldiers held the ambulance at Awarta checkpoint for half an hour, forced the engine off — disabling medical equipment — and searched all passengers, including the woman. Her unborn baby died before reaching the hospital, per al-Qaryuti's testimony to Wafa. The checkpoint was part of Netanyahu's July 25 "wide-scale military operation" sealing the West Bank from Nablus to Bethlehem.