A three-year-old haredi (ultra-Orthodox) child was found alone in the early hours of Monday morning at the Kalandiya West Bank crossing, Israel Police said.
According to police, the child was found at around 2:15 a.m. by a civilian employed at the crossing, who immediately contacted Israeli authorities. The three-year-old was found at the crossing's bus terminal, located on the Israeli side of the border.
Police officers then took the three-year-old to a local station, where initial efforts to communicate proved unsuccessful, as the child only spoke Yiddish. Further attempts to communicate using a translator throughout the early morning also proved unsuccessful.
Parents say child was forgotten on bus home from Bnei Brak
The child's parents, a haredi couple residing in Modi'in Ilit, were located on Monday morning and subsequently taken into questioning by police officers.
In their initial testimony, his parents said that the family had returned late Sunday night from a family event in Bnei Brak, before heading back to Modi'in Ilit via bus, where the child was forgotten.
The parents, who traveled with their 11 children, claimed they had not noticed the three-year-old was left in the bus.
The two were questioned on suspicion of child neglect, and are expected to be released to their home following the conclusion of their interrogation.