Children

Baby dies at unlicensed Bnei Brak daycare, worker detained by police for further questioning

Israel Police launched an investigation at the location and collected evidence, while the daycare worker who was in charge of the baby was arrested for questioning.

Police officer establishing the administrative closure order of a daycare where a six-month old baby died.
A boy wearing glasses

Israeli study: Here’s how nearsightedness in children can be slowed

 Palestinians view the damage inside a school sheltering displaced people after it was hit by an Israeli strike, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, at Beach refugee camp in Gaza City, September 22, 2024.

School kits to be delivered in Gaza after more than two years of war

“Neshama,” Marcella Pixley’s novel-in-verse, won the gold medal for Jewish children’s literature for middle-grade readers from the Association of Jewish Libraries.

Stories of ghosts, grief and Shabbat gladness win top prizes in Jewish children’s literature


Trump tells children, 'US military is tracking Santa' at NORAD's Christmas calls event

The event was centered on the NORAD Santa Tracker, which is conducted annually by the United States, commemorating 70 years since the first transmission in 1955.

US President Donald Trump participates in NORAD Santa tracker phone calls, on Christmas Eve, from the Mar-a-lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, US, December 24, 2025.

Why does children’s fever spike at night, and when should you go to the ER? A doctor explains

This is a period every parent fears: children return from daycare and kindergarten sick, with fevers rising mainly at night. A senior ER doctor explains when a hospital visit is necessary.

Anxiety at home rises

The unusual demand of Israeli women choosing a sperm donor

The long war and soldiers’ heroism have sparked patriotism, influencing intimate choices, becoming a key trend at Rambam Hospital’s sperm bank.

A wave of patriotism that also influences particularly intimate and emotional choices

Remaining abducted Nigerian schoolchildren freed, government says

The students are among more than 300 pupils and 12 staff seized by gunmen from St Mary's Catholic boarding school in Papiri village in the early hours of November 21.

A group of freed school children are seen during a reception at the Governor's office in Minna on December 8, 2025.

Israeli toddler in critical condition after suffering jellyfish sting in Philippines - Ynet

The Israeli family was located near an island in Palawan Province when the three-year-old child was stung.

WHITE-SPOTTED jellyfish are pictured at Lisbon Oceanarium in Lisbon on October 8, 2025.

Haymanot Kasau's disappearance: Why Israel must fix how it handles missing children - opinion

If Israel is to honor Haymanot Kasau and every child who depends on the state’s vigilance, it must remember this truth: When a child disappears, time is the enemy and urgency is our only defense.

Nine-year-old Haymanot Kasau.

This is one of the worst foods you can give children

The snack that seems “harmless” at all can affect sugar, satiety, and children’s health, and Dr. Maya Rosman urges parents to check what really hides inside it.

A child eating a biscuit

Ultra-Orthodox child forgotten on bus and left alone at West Bank checkpoint, police probe parents

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.

A three-year-old haredi child found on his own at a bus terminal at the Kalandiya West Bank crossing, December 15, 2025

'Shockingly high' number of Gaza children still acutely malnourished after truce, UN says

"Most families can't access this, and that's why we're still seeing high rates of malnutrition," UNICEF spokesperson Tess Ingram said.

 PALESTINIANS GATHER to receive food in the northern Gaza Strip this week, as residents are said to be facing crisis levels of hunger.

In world first, Australia bans social media usage for children under 16

Governments from Denmark to Malaysia, and even some states in the US, say they plan similar steps.

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