US EditionTwo Babies Dead After Incident Forces Evacuation of Israel Nursery
Investigators consider heating device gas exposure at unlicensed daycare; 53 children hospitalized and authorities call for urgent safety measures.
- On Monday, two infants aged three and four months died after being rushed to Shaare Zedek and Hadassah hospitals, while emergency services evacuated 53 other children to Jerusalem hospitals for evaluation.
- Run from a five-room apartment, the facility cared for children aged four months to three years and operated without ministry approval, while fire and rescue investigators probe suspected gas exposure from a heating device.
- Aged three and four months, the two infants were found in critical condition in a room separate from the other children before transfer to ambulances and intensive care units .
- The Child Safety Council called for an immediate investigation into negligence and the daycare's licensing status, while lawmakers and child safety advocates criticized the incident, with Knesset Children's Rights Committee Chair MK Katy Sheetrit urging an emergency session over oversight failures.
- Lawmakers warned the incident could spur investigations and potential policy and enforcement changes after Israel's Ministry of Education highlighted gaps in oversight of unauthorized childcare facilities.
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The children were on an apartment that was not licensed as a children’s school. Babies slept in closets, hallways and mattresses under toilets. Air conditioning was always on top. ‘It was like a war zone’.
55 babies were evacuated by the rescue services. The police first stated that the incident could involve dangerous substances, before removing this hypothesis. An investigation was initiated.
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Two babies dead after incident forces evacuation of Israel nursery
Israeli doctors declared two babies dead after medics evacuated 55 children from a daycare centre in Jerusalem on Monday, with local media reporting the incident may have been linked to the facility’s heating system.
A second baby died as a result of the incident in a crèche (hospital). The Israeli relief services announced on Monday that they had evacuated 55 babies...
2 babies dead, 53 injured in daycare disaster in Jerusalem
Two infants dead and dozens more hospitalized in Jerusalem as authorities probe cause of death at unauthorized daycare center operating out of an apartment building. By World Israel News Staff Two infants were killed and 53 injured in an incident at an unauthorized private daycare center in Jerusalem on Monday. Emergency first responders from Magen David Adom and United Hatzalah were dispatched to an apartment building in the predominantly ultra…
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