The Lod municipality said Tuesday that the family of the girl who was discovered yesterday in an apartment in the city, tied up in the shower room, is from the Arab sector and not known to the welfare department. The mother is a resident of the [Palestinian Authority] territories and the child not registered in the Population Registry in Israel. We await the completion of the investigation and will do whatever is necessary to ensure the safety and welfare of the children."
The police will ask the Rishon Letzion Magistrates Court to extend the detention of the parents during a Tuesday remand hearing.