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Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men attend the funeral of the infant who drowned to death in an Ashdod hotel, seen here during the burial ceremony in Jerusalem, April 5, 2018. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
April 23, 2018, 3:47 pm
Mother who admitted drowning baby son to be charged with murder
Woman earlier found by a psychiatrist unfit to stand trial is ordered held for a further five days
By Stuart Winer and TOI staff
Paramedics try unsuccessfully to resuscitate a man who drowned on a Tel Aviv beach on April 19, 2018. (Magen David Adom)
April 19, 2018, 4:09 pm
Man, 55, drowns at Tel Aviv beach on Independence Day
Israel's holiday revels are not without injuries: Two teens hospitalized for alcohol poisoning, woman hurt after tree falls over, and 19-year-old motorcyclist injured in accident
By TOI staff
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men gather at Kikar Shabbat in Jerusalem to attend the funeral of the infant who drowned to death in Ashdod, April 5, 2018. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
April 15, 2018, 11:27 pm
Drowned baby’s mother: ‘Divine voice’ told me to submerge ‘son of Messiah’
Court lifts gag order to reveal that 28-year-old woman with history of mental problems is formally suspected of murder
By TOI staff
Israeli police at the Miami Hotel where an infant drowned in a bathtub, in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod, on April 2, 2018. (Flash90)
April 12, 2018, 3:11 pm
Mother of drowned infant deemed mentally unfit to stand trial
Psychiatrist determines woman wasn't responsible for her actions when her month-old baby died in a hotel hot tub
By TOI staff
The funeral procession in Jerusalem on April 5, 2018, for a one-month old baby who drowned in a hotel jacuzzi in Ashdod. (Screen capture/Walla)
April 5, 2018, 8:10 pm
Haredi radicals grab body of drowned baby from ambulance during funeral
Zaka emergency service says one of its medics beaten by mob as infant who drowned in Jacuzzi buried following court-ordered autopsy, carried out despite ultra-Orthodox protests
By TOI staff
Attornies Moshe Almaliach (C) and Itamar Ben Gvir (L) representing the family of the drowned infant from Ashdod, speak with media after a discussion at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, on April 4, 2018 (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
April 4, 2018, 9:13 pm
High Court green-lights autopsy on baby who drowned in jacuzzi
Rejecting family's petition and siding with police, justices say there is no alternative to examination to help pinpoint cause of death
By TOI staff
Police at the Miami Hotel where an infant drowned in a bathtub, in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod, on April 2, 2018. (Flash90)
April 4, 2018, 2:46 pm
Family of drowned baby appeals to High Court against autopsy
As ultra-Orthodox protesters block roads for third straight day, lawyers for detained parents of month-old infant who died in hotel jacuzzi decry plan to 'defile' the body
By Michael Bachner and TOI staff
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men clash with police during a protest against the autopsy of the baby that drowned to death yesterday in Ashdod, at Kikar HaShabat, in Jerusalem, on April 3, 2018. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
April 3, 2018, 4:32 pm
Ultra-Orthodox block Jerusalem roads as parents detained in infant’s drowning
Both mother and father remanded in custody as hundreds demonstrate in capital over court decision to allow autopsy
By TOI staff
Police at the Miami Hotel where an infant drowned in a bathtub, in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod, on April 2, 2018. (Flash90)
April 3, 2018, 11:20 am
Mother suspected in infant’s drowning in hotel jacuzzi
Amid riots by ultra-Orthodox activists in Jerusalem and Ashdod, court agrees to police request to perform autopsy
By TOI staff
A view of the Dead Sea in southern Israel, on October 18, 2017. (Yaniv Nadav/Flash90)
November 1, 2017, 3:56 pm
Argentinean tourist, 68, drowns in Dead Sea
Man pulled from water by lifeguard, collapses and fails to respond to resuscitation efforts
By TOI staff
Illustrative: Israelis swim at Gan HaShlosha National Park in northern Israel on September 9, 2017. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)
September 22, 2017, 3:46 pm
Israelis flock to national parks, beaches for Rosh Hashanah
Heavy traffic in parts of central, northern Israel due to large crowds; 50-year-old man drowns while swimming in Mediterranean
By TOI staff
Illustrative image of a swimming pool. (mailmyworkdd/iStock via Getty images)
September 19, 2017, 5:18 pm
2-year-old girl pulled from pool in Beit She’an dies
Despite 5 days of treatment, medical staff unable to save life of tot pulled from water at her babysitter's home
By TOI staff
Illustrative: The Jordan River (Chen Leopold /Flash90)
September 18, 2017, 7:53 pm
Father drowns in Jordan River while saving teenage daughter
Dad, 46, dies after jumping into water near Arik Bridge, north of Sea of Galilee, to rescue his 16-year-old girl
By TOI staff
Ambulances in northern Israel near the Jordan River at a spot where two teens nearly drowned and were rescued by paramedics and civilians who were on site, on Friday, September 15, 2017. (MDA spokesperson)
September 15, 2017, 6:26 pm
Two teens pulled unconscious from Jordan River
Medics trying to resuscitate them; fears that a third youth was swept away prove unfounded
By TOI staff
A beach in northern Israel. (Flash90)
September 2, 2017, 8:54 pm
Teenager drowns at beach in northern Israel
Paramedics unable to resuscitate 19-year-old
By TOI staff
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