Palestinians who died following an infringement of the right to medical treatment in the West Bank, 29.9.2000 - 31.10.2012
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  Event date▼ Date of death Name Age Gender Citizenship Place of residence Event location Killed while fighting Source of Injury Source of fire Ammunition Object of tageted killing Targeted killing Notes
1 05/09/2008 05/09/2008 Infant child of the Abu Raidah 0 M Palestinian Nablus , Nablus district A delay in receiving medical care No No The baby was stillborn following a delay of more than forty minutes at a checkpoint.
2 14/02/2008 14/02/2008 Fawzeyeh 'Abd al-Fatah Yusef a-Darak (Qab) 66 F Palestinian Deir al-Ghusun, Tulkarm , Tulkarm district No A delay in receiving medical care No No Suffered a heart attack and died after soldiers at al-Jarushiya checkpoint did not permit her evcauation to hospital in Tulkarm.
3 15/09/2007 15/09/2007 Muhammad 'Abd al-Fatah Muhammad Yunes 34 M Palestinian Nur Shams, Tulkarm , Tulkarm district No A delay in receiving medical care No No Cancer patient on his way to hospital in East Jerusalem. He was delayed by soldiers at a checkpoint for more than an hour, even though he and the persons with him had permits to enter Israel.
4 06/08/2007 06/08/2007 Kamleh Ibrahim Mahmoud Kabha 75 F Palestinian Barta'a a-Sharqiya, Jenin , Jenin district No A delay in receiving medical care No No Heart patient died after soldiers and security guards at the Separation Barrier gate refused to let her cross to go to hospital in Jenin.
5 29/06/2007 29/06/2007 Radi al-Wahsh 18 M Palestinian No A delay in receiving medical care No No Seriously wounded in traffic accident, he died after Border Police at the tunnels checkpoint refused to let him enter Jerusalem so he could be taken to the hospital there.
6 17/02/2007 17/02/2007 'Adel Rashid 'Abdallah 'Omar 20 M Palestinian 'Azzun, Qalqiliya , Qalqiliya district A delay in receiving medical care No No Was severely injured when a tractor he and some friends were on turned over. He was taken by car to a gate of the separation barrier, where soldiers delayed them from crossing for twenty minutes. He was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital.
7 18/01/2007 18/01/2007 Taysir Mahmoud Ibrahim Qaysi 46 M Palestinian 'Ein Beit al-Maa R.C., Nablus , Nablus district A delay in receiving medical care No No Cancer patient who was on his way home from treatment at a hospital in Jerusalem. He died after soldiers did not let him cross the checkpoint in a vehicle, on grounds that he only had a permit to cross by foot. He waited two hours until a car with a permit came and he was allowed to cross.
8 12/12/2006 12/12/2006 Isma'il Sa'id Ibrahim a-Sifi 44 M Palestinian Tell, Nablus , Nablus district No A delay in receiving medical care No No Died of a heart attack after being delayed at a flying checkpoint on his way to the hospital and having to take dirt roads, which greatly lengthened his journey.
9 12/11/2006 12/11/2006 Ahmad Ramadan Muhammad Wakhman 0 M Palestinian Nablus , Nablus district No A delay in receiving medical care No No Week-old infant on his way to hospital in Nablus for treatment. The driver of the car was beaten by soldiers at the checkpoint when he went over to them to explain the infant's grave medical condition.
10 13/07/2004 13/07/2004 'Abd a-Latif Mahmoud Muhammad Malitat 65 M Palestinian Beit Furik, Nablus , Nablus district No A delay in receiving medical care No No He was delayed at the checkpoint for an hour, during which he suffered chest pains.
11 28/08/2003 28/08/2003 Infant child of the a-Shtiyeh 0 F Palestinian Salem, Nablus , Nablus district A delay in receiving medical care No No The mother was delayed at a checkpoint when she was giving birth, and was forced to deliver behind the concrete blocks at the checkpoint. The newborn died a few minutes later.
12 24/02/2003 24/02/2003 Muhammad Mahmoud al-Masimi 52 M Palestinian Balata R.C., Nablus in Balata R.C., Nablus district A delay in receiving medical care No No He suffered a heart attack during an IDF search of his house. Soldiers delayed the ambulance evacuating him to hospital by half an hour.
13 29/12/2002 29/12/2002 Hussein a-Tamimi 57 M Palestinian a-Nabi Saleh, Ramallah and al-Bira next to Ramallah A delay in receiving medical care No No He was taken by private vehicle to the hospital after suffering a heart attack. On the way, the vehicle was delayed by a settler and soldiers, and the driver traveled along dirt roads, bypassing most of the checkpoints and settler roads. He died as a result .
14 08/12/2002 08/12/2002 'Azzam 'Alawaneh 47 M Palestinian 'Azmut, Nablus in 'Azmut, Nablus district A delay in receiving medical care No No He was sick and unable to to get to the ambulance on the other side of a trench that had been dug at the entrance to the village.
15 06/12/2002 15/08/2006 Zaghluleh Ibrahim 'Abd al-Qader a-tibi 81 F Palestinian 'Askar R.C., Nablus in 'Askar R.C., Nablus district No A delay in receiving medical care No No Suffered a heart attack during an IDF operation to arrest wanted persons. The soldiers delayed the ambulance and prevented her evacuation by members of her family. When finally evacuated, she died on the way to the hospital.
16 23/09/2002 23/09/2002 Rawan Murad 'Issa Harizat 0 F Palestinian Hebron in Hebron A delay in receiving medical care No No A curfew on the city prevented the infant from reaching the hospital, and he was pronounced dead on arrival.
17 18/06/2002 18/06/2002 'Odeh Ya'qub 'Odeh Shahadeh 57 M Palestinian Bir Zeit, Ramallah and al-Bira , Ramallah and al-Bira district A delay in receiving medical care No No Fall and suffered from chest pains. He was delayed on his way to hospital in Ramallah; soldiers at the checkpoints did not allow the ambulance to reach him .
18 25/05/2002 25/05/2002 Unnamed newborn son of Fadiyeh Kamel 0 M Palestinian Nahhalin, Bethlehem A delay in receiving medical care No No Physical roadblocks on the way from the village to Bethlehem prevented his mother, who was in labor with him, from reaching the hospital. She was forced to give birth in a car with help from a member of the ambulance team summoned to meet her. The newborn infant died on the way to the hospital.
19 22/05/2002 22/05/2002 'Aiseh 'Ali Hassan 'Absi 21 F Palestinian Qibya, Ramallah and al-Bira , Ramallah and al-Bira district A delay in receiving medical care No No A kidney patient, she was on her way to dialysis treatment. Soldiers at the checkpoint twice refused to let her cross; the second time, they fired a tear-gas canister at the car she was in. She died in the car.
20 18/04/2002 18/04/2002 Dunia Nasr Suleiman Shatiyeh 0 F Palestinian Salem, Nablus in Nablus A delay in receiving medical care No No The infant was born at home because it was impossible to reach the hospital. Her medical condition deteriorated three days after birth. The ambulance called to the house was delayed several hours on the way, and the infant died at home.
21 17/04/2002 17/04/2002 Tabarak Jaber Fa'iz 'Odeh 2 F Palestinian Deir al-Hatab, Nablus in Nablus A delay in receiving medical care No No Because Nablus and nearby villages were under curfew, she could not be taken to the hospital, which led to her death there.
22 12/04/2002 12/04/2002 Unnamed infant boy 'Ali Nasaat a-Sha'ar 0 M Palestinian Nablus in Nablus A delay in receiving medical care No No He was born prematurely at home, the IDF having prevented his mother from reaching the hospital, and died due to lack of medical treatment.
23 09/04/2002 09/04/2002 Yusef Salim Khalil Hazbun 80 M Palestinian Bethlehem in Bethlehem A delay in receiving medical care No No On April 3, 2002, he had a stroke, but due to the ongoing fighting in Bethlehem, he couldn't be taken to the hospital by ambulance or private vehicle. Several days later, he died at home.
24 09/04/2002 09/04/2002 Fahima Hassan 'Ali Najajereh 68 F Palestinian Bethlehem in Bethlehem A delay in receiving medical care No No A cancer patient who died at her home after the IDF prevented the Red Crescent from reaching her to provide her with medicine or take her to the hospital.
25 04/04/2002 04/04/2002 Ahlam Majed Muhammad Shaqarneh 37 F Palestinian Nahhalin, Bethlehem A delay in receiving medical care No No A kidney patient, she was delayed on her way to the hospital in Jerusalem and died shortly afterwards.
26 09/03/2002 09/03/2002 Rana 'Adel 'Abd a-Rahim al-Jayush 17 F Palestinian Kur, Tulkarm A delay in receiving medical care No No IDF soldiers refused to let the woman cross the checkpoint at the entrance to Qalqiliya after she had given birth to a stillborn child in 'Azzun. She ultimately reached the hospital, where she was pronounced dead on arrivall.
27 26/02/2002 26/02/2002 Unnamed infant boy Iyad Shefik Malitat 0 M Palestinian Beit Furik, Nablus , Nablus district A delay in receiving medical care No No He was stillborn at birth after his mother, in labor, had to travel four hours to reach the nearby hospital after being denied passage at a checkpoint.
28 23/01/2002 23/01/2002 Raed Sabri Ibrahim Srugi 46 M Palestinian Tulkarm R.C. , Nablus district A delay in receiving medical care No No The ambulance in which he was being transferred to the hospital in Tulkarem from the hospital in Nablus was delayed for several hours at the checkpoint.
29 21/12/2001 21/12/2001 'Aliyeh Hussein 'Abd a-Latif Yasin 48 F Palestinian 'Asira al-Qibliya, Nablus , Nablus district A delay in receiving medical care No No A heart patient who was denied passage at the Hawarra checkpoint on her way to the hospital in Nablus. She then had to go via the Awarta checkpoint which extended the trip and as a result caused her death.
30 11/12/2001 11/12/2001 Infant son of Amaneh Muhammad 'Awad Sa'id Palestinian al-Yamun, Jenin No A delay in receiving medical care No No The mother was delayed at the entrance to Jenin. When she gave birth, her baby died due to a lack of oxygen.
31 13/11/2001 13/11/2001 Muhammad Khairi 'Abdal-Fatah Zaban 50 M Palestinian Ramin, Tulkarm A delay in receiving medical care No No A kidney patient , he was not allowed to cross the checkpoint near the Qedumim settlement on his way to receive dialysis treatment at the Nablus hospital.
32 22/10/2001 22/10/2001 Unnamed newborn son of Fatma Muhammad 'Abd Rabo 0 M Palestinian al-Walajah, Bethlehem , Bethlehem district A delay in receiving medical care No No The child died shortly after birth, following delay of his mother at a checkpoint.
33 16/10/2001 16/10/2001 Sabri Amin Mahmoud 'Abd al-Quader 40 M Palestinian a-Ras, Tulkarm at a checkpoint near Tulkarm No A delay in receiving medical care No No A kidney patient who required dialysis treatment three times a week, he was delayed at a checkpoint on his way to hospital in Tulkarem. He died in Tulkarem while walking to the hospital.
34 23/09/2001 23/09/2001 Infant child of the Safdi couple M Palestinian 'Urif, Nablus , Nablus district No A delay in receiving medical care No No Was stillborn at birth after the mother, Amana Safdi, who was nine-months pregnant, was delayed at a checkpoint for five hours.
35 23/08/2001 23/08/2001 'Abdallah 'Atatrah 2 M Palestinian a-Tarem, Jenin , Jenin district A delay in receiving medical care No No He was delayed at a checkpoint and died when he reached the clinic in Yabed.
36 02/07/2001 02/07/2001 Maryam Homed Ibrahim a-Tamimi 61 F Palestinian a-Nabi Saleh, Ramallah and al-Bira next to Ramallah A delay in receiving medical care No No She died after being delayed at a number of checkpoints on her way to the hospital in Ramallah.
37 23/03/2001 23/03/2001 Israa Barakat Salem Ahmad 11 F Palestinian a-Sawiya, Nablus , Nablus district No A delay in receiving medical care No No She suffered from a congenital brain deformity and lost consciousness. She was delayed at the Hawarra checkpoint for about an hour, and died on the way to the hospital after the car she was in was allowed to pass.
38 14/03/2001 14/03/2001 Amira Nasr Abu Seif 48 F Palestinian Faqqu'a, Jenin No A delay in receiving medical care No No A diabetes patient, she was delayed for four hours at the checkpoint.
39 13/03/2001 13/03/2001 Na'im 'Abd a-Nabi Abu Jami'a 39 M Palestinian 'Aqraba, Nablus , Nablus district A delay in receiving medical care No No Delayed at the Hawarra checkpoint for more than an hour, the vehicle carrying him had to take dirt roads to reach the hospital in Nablus.
40 25/02/2001 25/02/2001 Maryam Ass'ad 'Abd a-Razeq Hanani 45 F Palestinian Beit Furik, Nablus in Nablus A delay in receiving medical care No No She died from loss of blood after being stopped at several IDF checkpoints while on her way to the hospital in Nablus, and being forced to take dirt roads.
41 16/02/2001 16/02/2001 'Abd a-Rahman Mahmoud Jum'ah 66 M Palestinian Beit Lid, Tulkarm A delay in receiving medical care No No Suffered of chest pains. He died after being delayed for more than an hour at the checkpoint at the entrance to Tulkarem.
42 06/02/2001 06/02/2001 Hadreh Raja Mustafa Shatiwi 65 F Palestinian Kafr Qadum, Qalqiliya A delay in receiving medical care No No
43 27/01/2001 27/01/2001 Hasnah Suleiman Daraghmeh 66 F Palestinian , Nablus district No A delay in receiving medical care No No Although suffering from shortness of breath, she was delayed for 15 minutes at the Hawarra checkpoint, then was taken via the back roads and died on the way to the hospital.
44 23/01/2001 23/01/2001 'Iyesha 'Abd al-Karim Muhammad al-Sawil 30 F Palestinian al-Janiya, Ramallah and al-Bira , Ramallah and al-Bira district A delay in receiving medical care No No
45 07/01/2001 07/01/2001 Infant child of the Mahmoud Ass'ad al-'Obeisi 0 F Palestinian Beit Dajan, Nablus in Beit Dajan, Nablus district A delay in receiving medical care No No She died at birth at home after the IDF prevented her mother from leaving the village to go to the hospital.
46 05/01/2001 05/01/2001 Teysir Wahdan 40 M Palestinian Rantis, Ramallah and al-Bira next to Rantis, Ramallah and al-Bira district A delay in receiving medical care No No He suffered a stroke and died en route to hospital in Shuqba along back roads.
47 16/12/2000 16/12/2000 Massyuna Hussein Suleiman Sha'ban 60 F Palestinian Nablus A delay in receiving medical care No No
48 16/10/2000 16/10/2000 Na'im 'Atallah al-'Abd Ahmad Huas 37 M Palestinian a-Zawiya, Salfit , Salfit district No A delay in receiving medical care No No He had kidney disease, and was unable to reach the hospital in Nablus to receive dialysis treatment.
49 14/10/2000 14/10/2000 Alaa Hamdan 'Abd al-'Aziz Ahmad 10 F Palestinian a-Sawiya, Nablus A delay in receiving medical care No No She suffered stomach pains and was not allowed to cross the checkpoint with her father and get to the hospital in Nablus.