Police and city inspectors in Hadera on Thursday, 15 Iyar, took custody of a 14-year-old boy who was living in a sealed structure in the city. authorities have reason to believe the youth was held under lock and key by his parents for 12 years R”L, never seeing the light of day.

Inspectors of the Ministry of Environmental Affairs were summoned to the building due to severe sanitation deficiencies. It is added the child’s name was removed from the education system in 2009, without additional explanation. No more is being reported on the case as authorities seek to sort out the case.

The parents, in their 60s, were detained by police. They are not Hebrew speakers. The case was handed over to social services in Hillel Yafeh Hospital in the city. Neighbors told authorities they do not know the couple and they were not aware a child lived there too.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)