Kindergarten

Parents association rejects Teachers' Union threat to limit inclusion of students with disabilities

While teachers are threatening strike action over staffing shortages, parents are attacking the demand and describing it as dangerous discrimination.

Group of students raising hands during a lesson in the classroom. [Illustrative]
FIREFIGHTERS EXTINGUISH a car which exploded in Afula, May 26, 2026.

Man dies after car explodes in Afula, as police arrest three for suspected murder in Haifa

ENTERING THE emergency room at Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv.

Health Ministry investigating daycares after 15 toddlers suffer food poisoning symptoms

Israel Police vehicles; illustrative.

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


Children who were killed, injured at Jerusalem daycare likely experienced respiratory distress

The director of Hadassah-University Medical Center told Maariv that the deaths were "probably from some kind of poisoning, with or without a combination of crowding, fever, or dehydration."

Magen David Adom paramedics and vehicles are seen at the scene of an incident involving hazardous material, in Jerusalem, January 19, 2026.

Children die in Jerusalem kindergarten incident, Putin invited to Board of Peace

The Jerusalem Post's must-listen news roundup with Shifra Jacobs—the top stories, clear and concise. 

Russia's President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the Security Council via a video link in Moscow, Russia, January 19, 2026.

Ben-Gvir to conduct security assessment after death of toddlers at Jerusalem kindergarten

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir will hold a security assessment with police and fire officials following the incident at a Jerusalem kindergarten.

Emergency services respond to a suspected carbon monoxide leak at a kindergarten in Romema, Jerusalem, January 19, 2026.

Two babies dead, dozens more children injured after suspected overheating at Jerusalem daycare

Authorities noted substandard conditions at the daycare may have caused the incident and led to suspected overheating.

An Israeli police officer holds a bag containing food items that are suspected to have poisoned dozens of toddlers in Jerusalem. January 19, 2026.

'A prank': Israel Police detain suspect for shooting rubber bullets at Ashkelon kindergarten

A six-year-old child reported being struck in the forehead, while two other children said bullets were fired at them, but did not hit.

 An illustrative image of a person holding up handcuffed wrists as police car lights flash behind them.

Over 100 killed in attacks on Sudan kindergarten and hospital, WHO says

The WHO database said heavy weapons were used and that 114 people, including 63 children, were killed and 35 wounded.

Displaced Sudanese children who fled with their families during violence in al-Fashir, sit inside a camp shelter, amid ongoing clashes between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese army, in Tawila, North Darfur, Sudan November 3, 2025.

Over 100, including children, killed in attack on Sudan kindergarten, hospital

Sudan's Foreign Ministry condemned the attacks that it said were carried out by the Rapid Support Forces using drones.

Sudanese refugee families flee ongoing clashes between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese army, arriving at the entrance city of Tine in eastern Chad, November 22, 2025

Four children injured following roof collapse in Beit Shemesh

No life-threatening injuries were reported.

Israel Police and IDF Home Front Command personnel at the scene where a roof collapsed in Beit Shemesh, November 16, 2025

Rabid dog kept in Haifa kindergarten, multiple children attacked

The dog attacked five children and two adults at the gan, and later attacked a vet.

A boy shows a wound he sustained after a stray dog attacked him, at a rabies clinic in Sanaa, Yemen March 2, 2019. (illustrative)

Israeli child hospitalized after leaving kindergarten bruised, parents claim police inaction

The five-year-old student was hospitalized after her parents received notification from an after-school program that the child was experiencing a "minor medical matter."

Children arrive for the first day of school in the Israeli town of Mevaseret Zion, September 1, 2025.