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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 372

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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
Illustrative: Teachers clean a classroom at a daycare center in Modiin on May 7, 2020. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)
October 7, 2021, 5:19 pm
Daycare workers reach agreements with government, end strike after five days
Finance, economy ministers agree to raise salaries, discuss budgets to allow every worker to care for fewer children
By ToI Staff
Daycare workers protest in Tel Aviv, demanding better working conditions. October 3, 2021. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
October 3, 2021, 3:09 pm
Thousands of striking daycare staff protest in Tel Aviv over working conditions
Workers gather in city’s Rabin Square, march into surrounding roads on first day of open-ended strike to force government into talks on wages, labor shortage
By ToI Staff
Carmel Mauda, former owner of a daycare center who was convicted of physically abusing toddlers, is seen arriving in Neve Tirtza to serve being her 9.5 years prison sentence on September 30, 2021. (Flash90)
September 30, 2021, 8:29 am
Daycare manager convicted of child abuse starts 9.5-year prison sentence
Carmel Mauda arrives at Neve Tirtza prison under heavy guard; parents of children she harmed rejoice outside, describe struggle to rehabilitate their toddlers
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman attends the Eli Horowitz Conference for Economy and Society, organized by Israel Democracy Institute in Jerusalem on June 29, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 13, 2021, 8:08 pm
Liberman says axed daycare subsidies will fund efforts against domestic violence
Finance minister allots $32 million for shelters for battered women, programs for violent men; asserts plan to slash funds for full-time Torah students will help ultra-Orthodox
By Raoul Wootliff
Parents and supporters protest outside a court hearing of Carmel Mauda in Lod on July 8, 2021. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
July 8, 2021, 10:09 pm
Daycare head sentenced to 9.5 years for child abuse that sparked national fury
Judge says punishment for Carmel Mauda needed to be much more severe than standard set in previous cases, but rejects prosecution request for 14 years behind bars
By ToI Staff
Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman attends the Eli Horowitz Conference for Economy and Society, organized by Israel Democracy Institute in Jerusalem on June 29, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 7, 2021, 5:50 pm
Liberman cancels daycare subsidies for kids of full-time yeshiva students
New finance minister announces only families in which both parents work part-time are eligible for NIS 1,000 monthly benefit; Haredi MKs slam ‘destructive and wicked’ move
By ToI Staff
Firefighters work to extinguish a blaze at the home of Carmel Mauda in the central city of Rosh Ha'ayin on July 6, 2019. (Israel Police)
July 16, 2020, 1:25 pm
Man gets prison for torching home of daycare owner accused of child abuse
Court hands down 3.5-year sentence and orders 18-year-old Adir Ratzon pay NIS 50,000 in damages to family of Carmel Mauda
By ToI Staff
Elad Musaev Kazaz, right, with his partner and son. (Screenshot/Channel 12)
June 9, 2020, 6:18 am
Ramat Gan daycare rescinds spot for child with gay parents, father tells TV
Manager of children’s center says she is religious and unable to communicate with men; dad of 4-month-old says ‘it really hurt me’
By ToI Staff
Children and a teacher at a kindergarten in Tel Aviv as they return on May 10, 2020, for the first time in two months after shut down to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
May 10, 2020, 8:38 am
Hundreds of thousands of kids head back to preschool, but many stay home
After almost 2 months, daycares and kindergartens reopen with social distancing, but class size limits and lingering compensation issues mean thousands are remaining behind
By ToI Staff
Israeli students wear protective face masks as they return to school for the first time since the outbreak of the coronavirus, May 3, 2020 in Jerusalem. (Olivier Fitussi/Flash90)
May 9, 2020, 11:28 pm
Education chief: All kids back in school in 2-3 weeks if virus rates stay steady
Comments come as hundreds of thousands of kids set to return to kindergartens on Sunday morning; Lag B’Omer situation remains unresolved at national level
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Kindergarten teachers clean a classroom in the city of Modiin on May 7, 2020. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)
May 8, 2020, 7:26 pm
Agreement reached for state subsidies to reopen afterschool care centers
Education Minister Rafi Peretz hails the move, saying having programs for young children in the afternoon will enable thousands of parents to get back to work
By ToI Staff
Kindergarten staff clean in the city of Modiin on May 7, 2020 (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)
May 8, 2020, 3:52 pm
Row over closure of kindergartens for Lag B’Omer, just 2 days after they reopen
Teachers union says daycare staff can work voluntarily on Tuesday; Treasury said to tell union it will be taken into account in negotiations over possible school year extension
By ToI Staff
An Israeli family sits on the steps outside their apartment building in Jerusalem, as they stay at home with their children during a nation-wide quarantine, on March 31, 2020. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
May 6, 2020, 6:53 pm
Private daycares threaten to stay shuttered as ministry okays Sunday opening
Health Ministry signs on to deal that will see government-subsidized facilities reopen, but tens of thousands of toddlers under 3 could be forced to stay home
By ToI Staff
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