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Six daycare workers arrested on suspicion of abuse at West Bank settlement
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A suspect is arrested during an overnight raid on December 8, 2025. (Israel Police)
Police arrested six employees of a daycare in Beit Aryeh, a West Bank settlement, on suspicion of abusing children.
The investigation has been ongoing for several days after officers at the Modi’in Illit police station received a report of the alleged abuse, police say.
The six suspects, women in their 20s and 40s from Beit Aryeh, were arrested for interrogation. Police say they plan to bring the six to court and request to keep them in custody.
Police detained the director of the daycare center for questioning over the alleged abuse.
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