Toddler found okay after being accidentally left in car overnight

31 July 2025, 9:57 am

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The Magen David Adom rescue service says a 3-year-old boy is doing fine after having been left in a closed car all night.

According to MDA, medics called to the scene in Rehovot at 8 a.m. checked the boy and found he did not require hospitalization.

Temperatures in the central city were 26º Celsius (79º F) overnight, and inched up to 27º C (81º F) by 8 a.m., according to official data from the Israel Meteorological Service.

Earlier this month, three children who had been forgotten were rescued from cars in life-threatening condition in two separate incidents within hours of each other.

According to data presented to Knesset in 2023, 45 children in Israel died between 2010 and 2022 after having been left in hot cars.