"Deaths of Palestinians following Delay in Obtaining Medical Treatment because of Restrictions on Movement during the al-Aqsa Intifada
The IDF has substantially increased the restrictions on movement of
Palestinians in the Occupied Territories during the al-Aqsa intifada.
Many of those harmed by these restrictions have been persons requiring
medical treatment.
Israeli officials have repeatedly stated that emergency medical cases are
allowed to cross at checkpoints. The reality is different. The sick are
often prevented from moving along the roadways, both by physical
obstacles (such as concrete blocks and piles of dirt) and by soldiers at
checkpoints.
The procedures for allowing the ill to cross checkpoints are not
implemented. In many cases, the ill have to travel long distances and
undergo much hardship to bypass the checkpoints and physical obstacles
to reach a medical center.
The following is a partial list of Palestinians who were on their way
to obtain medical treatment and died after being delayed because
of the restrictions on movement.
14 October 2000
1.'Ala Hamdan 'Abd al-'Aziz Ahmad, age 10, from as-Sawiya,
Nablus district. She died when her appendix burst after IDF
soldiers prevented her father from taking her to a hospital in
Nablus.
16 October 2000
2.Na'im 'Attallah a-'Abd Ahmad Huas, age 27, from a-Zawiya,
Salfit district, kidney patient. She died after IDF soldiers
prevented her from obtaining dialysis treatment at a hospital in
Nablus.
16 October 2000
3.Masiona Hussein, age 60, from al-Jiftliq, Jericho district,
diabetes patient. She died after being forced to travel to the
hospital along treacherous paths because of the physical
roadblocks that the IDF placed on the main roadways.
5 January 2001
4.Taysir Wahdan, age 40, from Rantis, Ramallah district, suffered a
stroke. He died while en route to Shuqba, Ramallah district, along
treacherous paths.
7 January 2001
5.Al-'Obeisi infant girl, from Beit Dajan, Nablus district. She died
at birth at home after the IDF prohibited her mother from leaving
the village to go to the hospital.
23 January 2001
6.'Aisha Naji Muhammad Nasser, age 28, from al-Janiya,
Ramallah district. She became ill a month after giving birth by
Caesarian section. She was delayed some 45 minutes at a
checkpoint on her way to the hospital and died en route.
27 January 2001
7.Hasneh Suliman Draghmeh, age 66, from a-Luban, Nablus
district, suffered from shortness of breath. She was delayed 15
minutes at the Hawareh checkpoint, Nablus district, travelled
along a circuitous route, and died en route to the hospital.
5 February 2001
8.Khadra Raji Mustafa Shtiwi, age 65, from Qadum, Nablus
district, felt ill and was unable to move her left hand. Soldiers at
the checkpoint between Dir Sheref and Nablus did not allow her
to cross. She was taken along a circuitous route for two hours.
She died at the hospital.
16 February 2001
9.'Abd a-Rahman Mahmoud Abu-Jam'a, age 79, from Beit Lid,
Tulkarm district, suffered from chest pains. He was delayed for an
hour at the Tulkarm checkpoint. When he reached the hospital, a
physician stated that he had died 30 minutes before arrival.
25 February 2001
10.Maryam As'ad 'Abd a-Razeq Hanani, from Beit Furik, Nablus
district, felt ill. She was delayed at the checkpoint between Beit
Furik and Beit Dajan. Taken along side roads, she was dead
when she arrived at a health clinic in Salim, Nablus district.
13 March 2001
11.Na'im 'Abd Ahmad Qasqus Bani Jam'a, age 40, from 'Aqraba,
Nablus district, felt ill. Delayed at a checkpoint on the road
between Hawareh and Nablus, he was taken along side roads. It
took some three hours to reach the hospital, where he was dead
on arrival.
14 March 2001
12.'Amira Nasser Abu Sif, age 48, from Faqqu'a, Jenin district,
diabetes patient. She was delayed for four hours at the Jalameh
checkpoint, in Jenin district.
23 March 2001
13.Israa Barkat Sallem Ahmad, age 11, from a-Sawiya, Nablus
district, suffered from brain birth defect. She lost consciousness,
and was delayed at the checkpoint near Hawareh, Nablus district,
for an hour. After being allowed to pass, she died on the way to
the hospital.
2 July 2001
14.Maryam Ibrahim a-Tamimi, age 61, from a-Nabi Salih,
Ramallah district, apparently suffered a stroke. Taken to the
hospital in Ramallah, she was delayed at the checkpoints on the
an-Nabi-Salih - Ramallah route.
23 August 2001
15.'Abdullah 'Atatreh, age 3, from a-Tarem, Jenin district, fell into
a water container and lost consciousness. Delayed at checkpoint
on his way to the medical clinic in Yab'ad, Jenin district, he was
taken to Yab'ad along side roads. He was dead on arrival at the
clinic.
23 September 2001
16.Safdi infant, from 'Urif, Nablus district. Stillborn, after his mother,
in her ninth month of pregnancy, was delayed at a checkpoint for
five hours.
6 October 2001
17.Sabri Amin Mahmud 'Abd al-Qader, age 40, from a-Ras,
Tulkarm district, kidney patient. He required dialysis treatment
three times a week. He was delayed at a checkpoint on way to
hospital in Tulkarm. After reaching Tulkarm, he died while walking
to the hospital
13 November 2001
18.Mouhammad Kheiri Zaban, age 50, from Kafr Rumman,
Tulkarm district, kidney patient. On his way to dialysis treatment
at the hospital in Nablus, soldiers blocked his passage near the
Kedumim settlement, Tulkarm district.
11 December 2001
19.Sa'id's newborn, from Al-Yamun, Jenin District. Stillborn due to
oxygin shortage. IDF soldiers detained the woman, Amneh
Mahmoud 'Awad Sa'id, who was in labor, at the entrance to
Jenin.
13 December 2001
20.'Alia Hassan Saleh, age 48, from 'Asira al-Qibliya, Nablus
district, suffered a heart attack. Soldiers at the Hawareh
checkpoint, Nablus district, prevented his being taken to the
hospital."
btselem.org
Well, who cares about a bunch of people who live like rats in holes and refuse to conform to civilized standards? |
