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Palestinian infant dies after Israeli checkpoint blocks medical transfer in West Bank

Monday, 6 July 2026, 06:14 · 1 min read

A four-month-old Palestinian boy, Ahmad Marouf Zeid, has died after Israeli forces at a checkpoint west of Ramallah (a city in the Israeli-occupied West Bank) blocked his transfer to the Arab Specialised Hospital for over an hour, despite his critical condition. Laila Ghannam, governor of Ramallah and el-Bireh, said soldiers also fired tear gas at Palestinians attempting to pass through the checkpoint at Deir Ammar village, calling the incident part of a systematic Israeli policy restricting Palestinian freedom of movement and access to healthcare. Separately, Israeli forces shot dead a 16-year-old boy at Qalandiya refugee camp near Ramallah and killed at least two people in a drone strike in Gaza City, as the Palestinian Health Ministry reports that more than 1,087 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank alone since October 2023.

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Al Jazeera EnglishPalestinian baby dies in West Bank after Israel blocks urgent medical care ↗︎
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