Baby dies after being left in car

An approximately six-month-old baby has died after being left in a car in the southern city of Rahat, according to a news report.

The baby’s father says he forgot his daughter in the car and brought her to the hospital in critical condition, according to Ynet.

Police have opened an investigation.

Though temperatures in Israel have dipped this week to the lowest of the winter so far, with the mercury slinking toward zero Celsius at night, days have still been warm and sunny.

Temperatures reached 17 Celsius (63 Fahrenheit) on Monday near Rahat, which is at the northern edge of the Negev desert.

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