The following is being reported, albeit without names, because such a scenario can happen in many homes and one must learn the painful lesson of this couple, whose entire life has been turned around by the events that have taken place.

Bnei Brak violence has led to the hospitalization of a seven-week-old baby, who has sustained a fractured skull R”L. Police report the father, 37, attacked his wife and while the attack was taking place, the infant was injured too.

The father was arrested, telling police he had no intentions of harming their child. The court however was not sympathetic and he remains in jail.

According to a Yisrael Hayom report, police in the Dan District received a call last weekend, a complaint from a woman that she had been assaulted by her husband, who left and was living with his father. He arrived home on Thursday and an argument ensued. The wife told police she was holding their infant in her hands when he lost control and punched her with a closed fist, striking the child too. He left the home after the assault.

The infant is in Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer Hospital and has been diagnosed with a fractured skull.

The husband’s attorney, Eyal Simchoni, stresses he never intended to harm or even strike the child but he tried to calm his wife who suffers from hysteria and postpartum depression.

Justice Amiad Roth extended the husband’s remand for three days and ordered a preliminary psychiatric evaluation.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)