Child abuse

Beersheba court sentences two caregivers for abuse of toddlers in daycare

Two caregivers in Beersheba were sentenced to prison after being convicted of repeatedly abusing toddlers, with the court stressing the betrayal of trust and lasting harm to the children.

Illustration photo of a toddler kindergarten.
Israel Police vehicles; illustrative.

Tel Aviv kindergarten director and husband arrested for sexual offenses against children

Sad, child and crying on floor in home with mental health, abuse or anxiety from trauma.

The silent wave

A SOLDIER from Iran's revolutionary guard helps a child sit on a military display in Baharestan Square to commemorate the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war during "sacred defence week" in southern Tehran September 23, 2006.

‘Risk children’s lives for some extra manpower’: IRGC recruits 12 year olds to fill personnel gaps


ISIS women using 13-year-old boys as sex slaves to breed new fighters - opinion

Some refuse to accept Caliphate's territorial defeat and seek to bear it more children – using pubescent boys within the camps as sexual partners.

A view of areas where ISIS is still active, from the Kurdish Peshmerga frontline on Mount Qarachogh.

Widespread child abuse by Catholic Church members in Portugal is tip of iceberg - report

77% of the perpetrators were priests and most of the victims were boys.

Storm clouds pass over a Roman Catholic church in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. August 14, 2018

Widespread child abuse by Catholic Church members in Portugal is tip of iceberg - report

77% of the perpetrators were priests and most of the victims were boys.

Storm clouds pass over a Roman Catholic church in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. August 14, 2018

Israeli daycare assistant who abused toddlers gets early release

Liraz Natan, was an assistant to Carmel Mauda, who ran a daycare center in Rosh Ha'ayin where they engaged in several acts of abuse against toddlers.

 Liraz Natan, daycare assistant of Carmel Madua, is seen in court.

Israeli daycare abuse: Mother, daughter get 5.5 years for striking kids

Footage shows how the caretakers abused the children by violently tugging their hair back and forth, pushing them to the ground, striking them, flinging them in the air and smacking them on the head.

 Young Israeli students with their parents make their way to school and kindergarten in Jerusalem on September 30, 2021.

Israeli citizen detained in Greece over 8-year-old custody case

L. has been detained on the Island of Crete since late October due to charges opened against her by her abusive ex-husband in 2014.

 The Greek island of Crete

Raising awareness of domestic abuse could help with prevention - poll

A poll by Wizo found that education officials and youths aren't made aware of domestic abuse enough even with rising rates.

 The Red Flags campaign aimed at raising awareness of domestic violence.

German girl trapped at home for 7 years, finally freed

The 8-year-old girl was deprived of contact with the outside world the entire time she was confined to her mother's house.

 View through the waterway in Attendorn to the church tower of St. Johannes Baptist, Attendorn, Germany.

Man allegedly spreads poison around daycare run by ex-wife

The daycare owner was sent a video of her ex-husband spreading a liquid around the garden of her daycare. The plants he had poured it on later died.

 Illustrative image of a daycare.

Another daycare teacher arrested on suspicion of abusing toddlers

Staff members from over 20 daycares have been arrested since the beginning of the year.

A daycare in Israel