Baby

Born under fire: MDA delivers baby in Jerusalem minutes before rushing to shelter

MDA said the baby was born healthy at home, turning what began as an emergency into a brief moment of relief for the family.

MDA emergency vehicles were dispatched 1,383,026 times in 2025
An illustration of a mother feeding a baby a bottle of formula.

What a strand of hair may reveal about the bond between mother and child

 The Sylvan Adams Children’s Hospital at the Wolfson Medical Center in Holon.

Infant hospitalized with herpes after circumcision involving direct oral suction

 Vegan and vegetarian groceries and cook books.

Vegan, plant-based diets don’t stunt infant growth, major Israeli study finds


The babies may not understand what is happening – but their brain absorbs everything

Every parent experiences the difficulty of going down with children to a shelter, and the stress at home. But if you thought your little ones do not feel anything – you are mistaken.

A father holding a crying baby

US babycare brand under fire for sexualising children in viral marketing campaign

Products marketed by Frida were advertised with lines such as “fancy a quickie?” and “I get turned on easily.”

(Illustrative) An infant crawling.

Baby dies at unlicensed Bnei Brak daycare, worker detained by police for further questioning

Israel Police launched an investigation at the location and collected evidence, while the daycare worker who was in charge of the baby was arrested for questioning.

Police officer establishing the administrative closure order of a daycare where a six-month old baby died.

One-week-old baby left outside Bituach Leumi office in Hadera

“A short time ago, a report was received about a one-week-old baby found in the stairwell of a public building in Hadera,” a police spokesperson said.

Magen David Adom paramedic holds baby abandoned in Hadera, January 26, 2026.

Nurture vs nature: Children with early ADHD risk are more sensitive to environment

Some traits of ADHD that are usually associated with difficulties may also be reflective of a heightened capability to thrive under appropriate conditions.

An illustration of ADHD and children's toys.

Baby food aid requests rose 25% in 2025, infant formula prices climb, Social Bank reports

Data from the National Insurance Institute found that 2.8 million Israelis currently live with food insecurity, including over a million children.

An illustration of a mother feeding a baby a bottle of formula.

MDA’s Raphael Herbst at JPost Miami Summit

‘Helping and saving lives begins with infants’

Raphael Herbst ,Deputy Director International Relations Department  Magen David Adom

Good news for parents: Materna for only NIS 35

Instead of paying NIS 59, two supermarket chains won a Ministry of Economy tender and will sell the state’s emergency stock – close to 600,000 cans – at a price lower by dozens of percent.

Baby formula

Endangered hope: Rare mountain gorilla twins born in war-ravaged Virunga National Park, Congo

The birth of the two male gorillas to a mother named Mafuko was discovered on January 3, and the twins "appeared to be in healthy condition at the time of the observation," Virunga Park reported.

Mafuko, a female mountain gorilla from the Bageni family holds her newly born twins at the Virunga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo, in this undated handout picture released January 7, 2026.

Pacifier collection featuring the Moomins characters

A sweet, limited edition of natural latex pacifiers, matching pacifier holders, and a storage box designed in the style of the children’s series “The Moomins”.

Pacifier collection featuring the Moomins characters