US EditionHundreds Protest As State Attorney Orders Autopsy Of Infants Who Died In Daycare Center
- On Sunday, two infants were found dead inside an overcrowded, unlicensed Haredi daycare on HaMem Gimel Street in Jerusalem's Romema neighborhood, and two caregivers suspected in the deaths are scheduled to appear at the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court on Tuesday.
- Investigators say the deaths may be linked to environmental conditions inside the facility, with police assessments suspecting heat exhaustion and dehydration possibly caused by a malfunctioning heating system.
- Authorities identified the victims as four-month-old Leah Goloventzitz and six-month-old Aharon Katz, while three caregivers were initially detained and dozens of children taken to hospitals.
- Authorities say autopsies are necessary to determine cause and criminal responsibility, but infants' families and the Zaka emergency service oppose invasive postmortems citing Orthodox Jewish tradition.
- At the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court, a judge ruled in favor of law enforcement and the State Prosecutor's Office, but the families of the infants and Zaka emergency service announced plans to appeal.
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Israel's court blocks autopsy of Haredi infants after protests raged against the procedure
Unlicensed facilities, like the one in Jerusalem where two babies died this week, are widespread in Haredi society, among other things due to their low cost and wide availability
The Supreme Court overturned the decision authorizing autopsies on two infants who died in an unlicensed nursery in Jerusalem, focusing on respect for religious beliefs.
Israeli ultra-Orthodox rally against babies' autopsies
Hundreds of Israeli ultra-Orthodox Jews protested on Tuesday to voice their religious objections to planned autopsies of two babies who died in an incident at an unlicensed nursery in Jerusalem a day earlier.Israeli doctors declared the babies dead after medics evacuated 55 children from the daycare centre in an area of Jerusalem inhabited by members of the ultra-Orthodox community, though they have not yet specified a cause of death.
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