A four-month-old Palestinian baby died Sunday night after Israeli forces prevented his family for more than an hour from taking him to a hospital west of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, a Palestinian official said.
The governor of Ramallah and Al-Bireh, Laila Ghannam, said in a Facebook post, doctors at the Arab Istishari Hospital announced the death of Ahmad Maarouf Zaid after Israeli forces prevented his family from taking him for treatment despite his critical condition, reported Anadolu (6/7).
He explained that the Israeli army prevented the family from passing through the checkpoint while firing tear gas at Palestinians and vehicles, preventing the baby from reaching the hospital in time before he took his last breath.
Ghannam condemned the child's death as a "stain on the conscience of humanity."
He said the incident was part of "the policy carried out by Israel through military checkpoints, gates, and road closures to obstruct the movement of Palestinians, patients, and ambulances, which violates the right to life, movement, and freedom of movement."
"Targeting children, whether through the occupying forces' attacks, direct killings, or by refusing medical treatment and letting them die at checkpoints, reveals the true face of the occupation," he added.
It is known that Israel maintains a network of checkpoints and military gates throughout the West Bank that restrict the movement of Palestinians between cities and villages, including access for patients and ambulances to medical facilities.
In April 2026, the United Nations documented 925 movement obstacles throughout the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, with checkpoints and road gates accounting for nearly 60 percent of them.
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