Israel has imposed a week-long closure on the occupied West Bank from September 27 to October 3, coinciding with the Jewish festival of Sukkot, leaving Palestinians facing hours-long delays at checkpoints and gates. Palestinians told Al Jazeera the restrictions have blocked ambulances, stranded families overnight and limited access to sites such as Hebron's Ibrahimi Mosque and Al-Aqsa in East Jerusalem; one family said a woman in Deir Istiya died after a closed gate delayed her transfer to hospital. Palestinian monitors count 942 checkpoints and obstacles in the territory, up from 793 in March 2024, and say they fragment communities and cut access to work, schools and medical care; Israeli authorities did not respond to Al Jazeera's request for comment.