Child abuse
Father blasts release of Israeli nurse who broke toddler's bones: 'Our child was helpless'
“How does the judge say that it’s enough to watch the video and then decide to release her?” the father said. “You have to look at the severity of her actions. This is a scandal.”
Israeli nurse accused of abusing hospitalized toddler released from police custody
Israeli nurse arrested on suspicion of abusing three-year-old, causing two leg fractures
'Cruel and systematic': Netanya-based caregiver convicted of abusing 12 toddlers
More than half of online abuse reports now come from child victims themselves, Israel finds
Online abuse reports in Israel jumped 71 percent in 2025, with children now submitting the majority of complaints directly to authorities.
'Ritual sexual abuse' of minors: Senior religious Zionist rabbi warns of ‘social narcissism’
Medan said the alleged perpetrators are not strangers but people who may be embedded in daily community life, including in synagogues and shared religious study settings.
Jerusalem court sends senior Lev Tahor cult leader Elazar Rumpler to prison in child abuse case
Elazar Rumpler, a Lev Tahor haredi cult leader, was sentenced to two years in prison and ordered to pay a total of NIS 22,000 in fines and compensation for assaulting a 10-year-old child.
After Iraq legalizes child marriage, Baghdad bridal market booms as young girls sold to older men
Iraq’s decision to introduce the Ja’fari law in January means that girls can be married based on perceived “maturity and physical capacity.”
Iran had highest number of executions in over a decade, human rights report says
Iran's treatment of prisoners in 2025 was also rife with abuses, according to the report, with 2,513 cases of prisoners being held in inappropriate conditions.
Discovery of a million more potential Epstein documents delays further releases
The release of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein is delayed as the Justice Department uncovers over a million potentially relevant files, including new details on Trump's flights on Epstein's jet.
Ultra-Orthodox child forgotten on bus and left alone at West Bank checkpoint, police probe parents
The child's parents, a haredi couple residing in Modi'in Ilit, were located on Monday morning and subsequently taken into questioning by police officers.
Shein childlike sex doll scandal shines light on marketplaces' dark corners
The French Finance Ministry on Friday halted the suspension proceedings of Chinese online retailer Shein initiated last week after the Chinese retailer withdrew all illicit products.
Oklahoma sex offender on Most Wanted List found in NYC, 13 years after staged abduction
The now 44-year-old was convicted in a 2008 case after he was found guilty on five counts of possession of child pornography.
Child bride forced to pay abusive husband's family blood money or Iran will execute her
Forced to marry at 12 years old, sources told IranWire her husband began physically and emotionally abusing her after she refused to become pregnant a second time.
