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August 25, 2025, 12:47 pm
Horrifying testimonies seek to lift shroud of silence around ritual sex abuse claims
Survivors tell Knesset lawmakers of organized assaults on children by those claiming mantle of religion, alleging longstanding phenomenon made worse by official indifference
By Ariela Karmel
Screen capture from an undated video of Itay Leibovitch during a court appearance, around 2004. (X. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
March 20, 2025, 1:34 pm
Serial pedophile freed after 21 years, dismaying his past victims and new neighbors
Itay Leibovitch barred from his Tel Aviv childhood home, near where he raped 2 girls and assaulted others, but victim says she’s scared and residents say they weren’t adequately informed
By ToI Staff
Illustrative photo of a daycare center in Israel, April 20, 2018. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
December 30, 2024, 3:23 pm
Jerusalem daycare worker indicted for 12 counts of abuse of toddlers
Tel Aviv court also releases names of three kindergarten teachers who were arrested for allegedly abusing children in their care
By ToI Staff
A member of the Lev Tahor Jewish cult protests as Guatemalan police members surround a minibus transferring rescued children to the Alida Espana de Arana special education school in Guatemala City on December 22, 2024 (Johan ORDÓÑEZ / AFP)
December 23, 2024, 10:16 am
Lev Tahor members bust into Guatemala shelter to recapture kids rescued in raid
Relatives of children from extreme ultra-Orthodox group that’s accused of abuse break into Guatemala City shelter, grabbing kids; authorities manage to recover some minors
By AFP
Illustrative photo of a daycare center in Israel, April 20, 2018. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
May 27, 2024, 3:11 pm
Police to indict two daycare teachers on almost 600 charges of abusing babies
Investigative team says it found hundreds of cases of abuse in hours of surveillance footage from recent months in Kiryat Gat facility
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: The Ramle police station in an undated photo published by Israel Police on July 3, 2022. (Israel Police)
December 19, 2023, 2:52 pm
Parents arrested after 7-year-old daughter dies weighing only 18 pounds
Emaciated girl admitted to hospital without vital signs; police suspect neglect and abuse; parents give conflicting accounts of her treatment, have no criminal record
By Michael Horovitz
Illustrative photo of a daycare center in Israel, April 20, 2018. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
June 12, 2023, 2:41 pm
Eilat daycare operator indicted on over 400 counts of child abuse
Prosecutors accuse Ilana Kovar of ‘unrelenting violence’ toward most of the 26 kids under her care, say she went out of her way to hurt them
By ToI Staff
Illustrative photo of a daycare center in Israel, April 20, 2018. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
June 9, 2023, 7:00 pm
Prosecutors to indict ‘sadistic’ daycare teacher on 400 counts of child abuse
Parents say cops showed footage of Ilana Kovar spanking, slapping, grabbing children by the shirt, pulling their hair, picking them up by the throat, throwing balls at their faces
By ToI Staff
A one-year-old baby inside a metal cage, found by police during a drug search operation at an apartment building in Haifa, January 15, 2023. (Israel Police)
January 20, 2023, 12:42 pm
Haifa court releases mother of baby found locked in cage
Court says children can be returned to her care; prosecution sources say it’s unlikely charges will be filed
By ToI Staff
A one-year-old baby inside a metal cage, found by police during a drug search operation at an apartment building in Haifa, January 15, 2023. (Israel Police)
January 16, 2023, 3:36 pm
Police find baby in locked cage during drug bust in Haifa
Mother of six arrested for false imprisonment, neglect and abuse; detectives find large quantities of suspected illicit drugs next door, arrest two residents
By Michael Horovitz
Members of the extreme ultra-Orthodox Lev Tahor sect assisting a woman as they escape from a detention shelter in Huixtla, Chiapas state, Mexico, on September 29, 2022. (Benjamin Alfaro/AFP)
September 29, 2022, 8:55 pm
Lev Tahor members break out of Mexican shelter, escape in waiting vehicle
Group of around 20 extremist cult members overpower private guards and flee government migrant facility; reportedly enter waiting truck and head toward Guatemalan border
By AP and ToI Staff
Activists protest against alleged sexual assault at an Ohel facility in Brooklyn, New York, August 21, 2022. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
August 23, 2022, 10:58 pm
NY Jewish social services organization accused of papering over sexual assault suit
Ohel Children’s Home and Family Services has not properly investigated or disclosed allegations from 1980s against manager, and has kept him on staff, claim survivor advocates
By Luke Tress
Parents of children abused in a Holon daycare center sit behind the two accused former daycare employees at the District Court in Tel Aviv, July 20, 2022 (Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
July 20, 2022, 5:00 pm
Former Holon kindergarten workers convicted of abusing 26 toddlers in daycare ‘hell’
2 women found guilty of physically abusing children aged 2-3, slapping, kicking and dragging them by arms and legs; ‘They destroyed their souls,’ says one mother
By Ash Obel
Illustrative: The Ramle police station in an undated photo published by Israel Police on July 3, 2022. (Israel Police)
July 17, 2022, 12:09 pm
Couple indicted for man’s alleged rape of child stepdaughter with mother’s consent
Indictment says pair sexually abused girl starting when she was 11; wanted child to get pregnant for financial gain so tracked her ovulation; mother heard girl’s screams for help
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: The Ramle police station in an undated photo published by Israel Police on July 3, 2022. (Israel Police)
July 3, 2022, 7:05 pm
Man arrested for allegedly raping teen stepdaughter with mother’s consent
Police say Ramle couple in their 40s tracked 13-year-old’s menstrual cycle over several years in attempt to get her pregnant
By ToI Staff
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