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Daycare director, two caregivers indicted over 400 alleged abuse incidents involving 17

According to the indictment, the defendants implemented a series of cruel "punishment methods" at the daycare center.

The Jerusalem Post reports that a daycare center director and two caregivers have been indicted for allegedly committing over 400 incidents of abuse and assault against 17 infants and toddlers aged six months to three years at a facility in Ariel. The defendants, Natalia Kasilevsky, Darina Halufa, and Anna Pagelsky, are accused of employing a range of cruel punishment methods, including choking, restraining, force-feeding, and confining the children in dark rooms.

Prosecutors have requested that the women be held in custody until the legal proceedings conclude, citing the severity of the alleged abuse.

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