Infant's Death at Daycare Leads to Abuse Allegations After Recordings Surface

The parents of five-month-old Rai Greenberger, who died in his sleep at a private daycare in Gedera run by Sima Elishiv, initially waived an autopsy after no foul play was suspected. However, recordings later obtained by the parents revealed alleged abuse of infants at the facility, prompting a police investigation.

Rai's mother, Eden Greenberger, recounted receiving a distressing call from the caregiver stating that an ambulance was attending to Rai, who was unresponsive and blue. Despite resuscitation efforts at the hospital, Rai was pronounced dead. His father, Harel Greenberger, described their desperate pleas to medical staff for one last resuscitation attempt.

Initially, the Greenberger family decided against an autopsy, believing there was no criminal suspicion. This changed dramatically when recordings from the daycare surfaced. The audio captured nearly an hour of infants crying without response, and in other instances, alleged physical abuse and the caregiver shouting at the children. One recording features Elishiv telling a child, "I told you you're going to sleep, you'll stop... you're not getting up."

Other parents also reported disturbing incidents. Daniel, a father of one of the infants, spoke of encountering "apparent energies of evil." Another father, Matanel, shared that his son returned home with a serious facial injury and a cut lip, which the caregiver claimed not to have seen.

Following the discovery of the recordings, the parents filed a police complaint, leading to Elishiv's investigation two months later. The Greenberger family expressed that while Rai cannot be brought back, they hope this tragedy will save other children. Elishiv's legal representative denied the allegations, stating the infant's death was attributed to SIDS and that the recordings were selectively edited and did not accurately reflect the daycare's operations. The police confirmed an ongoing investigation.