Toddlers

A Tel Aviv court sentenced a kindergarten assistant to community service for assaulting toddlers. Judge Itai Hermelin noted she lacked training but stressed the need for gentle childcare.

Five toddlers wandered out of a Petah Tikva daycare unattended after a back gate was left open during cleaning. A local resident's alertness prevented a major disaster.

Hadera has broken ground on its first rehabilitation day care center for toddlers with special needs. The 18 million shekel project will offer comprehensive educational and therapeutic services locally.

Three children, aged one to three, were treated at the French Hospital in Nazareth after ingesting cannabis-infused products. Doctors warn: "Significant decrease in consciousness, respiratory depression, and even respiratory arrest, heart rate and blood pressure disturbances, and seizures may occur."