3 caregivers detained for questioning over incident at Jerusalem daycare

19 January 2026, 2:16 pm

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Medics and police at the scene of an incident at a Jerusalem daycare, January 19, 2026 (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Three caregivers at an unlicensed daycare where 55 children were injured in an incident have been detained for questioning, Hebrew-language media reports.

Investigators are said to be checking if it was linked to a faulty heating system at the apartment on Ha’Mem Gimel Street in the Haredi-majority Romema neighborhood.

Two babies are in critical condition.

According to the Kan public broadcaster, the nursery school cared for children aged four months to three years.

The Education Ministry tells the outlet it was unaware of the daycare’s existence and had never been approached for a license.