A Bnei Brak resident was arrested on Thursday evening for allegedly dripping drops of a substance suspected of being cannabis oil into his two-month-old baby's feeding tube in Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer. On Friday morning, his arrest was extended for three days, Ynet reported.
He reportedly kidnapped the then-8-day-old premature baby from the Sourasky Medical Center NICU in Tel Aviv about two months ago.
He was caught with the baby in the basket of his bicycle, having cycled 10 kilometers with the infant until he reached Sheba Medical Center. Sources at Sheba said they were surprised that the baby was still alive when the man arrived.
A spokesperson for the hospital stated that they are "continuing to dedicatedly treat the baby who came to [them] two months ago and are fully cooperating with the police."