N12 reports that the toddler who was found in critical condition in Beit Shemesh on Monday afternoon has died. Police have opened an investigation into the circumstances.
The toddler found in critical condition in Beit Shemesh earlier Monday has died, N12 reported in the late afternoon. Police have opened an investigation. The development confirms earlier reports by i24NEWS that the infant had died, following a correction hours earlier when Magen David Adom reported the child was still alive.
At 16:16 Jerusalem, The Zioneer first reported MDA's update that a 2-month-old infant was found unconscious in a Beit Shemesh residential building and evacuated to Shaarei Tzedek Medical Center in critical condition — correcting an initial version that had stated the infant had died. N12 then reported the death, revising the account again. The thread shows conflicting reports from different channels: i24NEWS initially announced the death, MDA then said critical condition, and N12 now says the child has died. Police are investigating.
As The Zioneer reported on Saturday June 27, a one-month-old infant died in Bnei Brak in similar circumstances; on Wednesday July 1, a four-month-old died at a Gedera daycare. The Beit Shemesh case shares the same pattern of a young infant found unresponsive, but no link has been established.
The exact circumstances of how the child came to be unconscious remain unclear. The investigation is ongoing, and no further details have been released by police or medical sources.
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- DevelopingFour-month-old found unconscious at Gedera daycare dies in hospital
- DevelopingFour-month-old infant found unconscious in Jerusalem pronounced dead; police investigate
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