The State Attorney's Office filed an indictment at the Rishon Lezion Magistrate's Court against a central Israel resident for a pattern of violence and threats against his wife and young children, including a four-year-old toddler on the autism spectrum. According to the indictment, over a period of approximately six years, the defendant habitually beat his children and wife on various and numerous occasions. In one incident, he struck his four-year-old son, who is diagnosed on the autism spectrum, forcefully in the face, causing him severe injuries. In another case, he attacked his approximately 15-year-old son during an argument. On occasions when he was drunk, he forcefully shoved his wife into a wall and kicked her.