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Israel Withholds $2.5 B, Revokes Aid Licenses, West Bank Hospitals Falter

8/7/2026

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Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich halted clearance revenues, withholding $2.5 billion since 2023 and leaving 75 % of West Bank hospitals operating once or twice weekly.
Israel revoked licenses of three dozen humanitarian groups, including Doctors Without Borders, which cut its mobile clinics, affecting over 40,000 patients.
Aseel Baidoun of Medical Aid for Palestinians reported two women gave birth in ambulances and three patients, two infants among them, died after checkpoints stopped ambulances.

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Story summary

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich halted clearance revenues, withholding $2.5 billion since 2023 and leaving 75 % of West Bank hospitals operating once or twice weekly.
Israel revoked licenses of three dozen humanitarian groups, including Doctors Without Borders, which cut its mobile clinics, affecting over 40,000 patients.
Aseel Baidoun of Medical Aid for Palestinians reported two women gave birth in ambulances and three patients, two infants among them, died after checkpoints stopped ambulances.