RAMALLAH, (Palestine Foundation Information Center), A 30-year-old sick Palestinian woman died of a heart attack after an Israeli military roadblock delayed her ambulance evacuation, according to the mayor of Sinjil, a village northeast of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.
Mayor Moataz Tawafsha said Sujoud Fuqaha, a 30-year-old mother of two, died on Saturday after Israeli forces held up her ambulance for more than half an hour at a military road barrier near Ramallah, preventing her from receiving urgent cardiac care after she suffered a heart attack.
“The woman needed to reach the hospital as quickly as possible to receive necessary treatment,” Tawafsha said, standing by the closed barrier. “How many more innocent lives will these iron gates and military barriers continue to claim in the town of Sinjil?”
Footage from the scene showed Tawafsha standing in front of the metal gate as the ambulance waited behind him, with medical workers making urgent verbal appeals for passage.
Sinjil lies under strict Israeli military control, with the occupation forces frequently targeting the town and restricting Palestinian movement through its entrances.
