Israeli Daycare Aide Sentenced to 10 Years Over Hundreds of Counts of Abusing Toddlers

A daycare aide in the Israeli city of Hod Hasharon was sentenced to 10 years in prison for abusing toddlers at the facility where she worked, The Jerusalem Post reported on October 11. Haaretz, reporting on the same sentencing, said the case involved more than 270 counts of child abuse.

According to the Israeli outlets' coverage, the sentence concludes a criminal case built around the aide's treatment of very young children who were in her care at the daycare. The reporting is the source for the details summarized here, including the length of the sentence and the scale of the charges.

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