Belgian couple ditch own baby at Tel Aviv airport after refusing to buy extra ticket

A Belgian couple at Israel’s Tel Aviv airport abandoned their baby after realising they needed to buy a ticket for him/her. The couple was late for a flight to Belgium and decided their own child wasn’t worth the extra cost. They left their child at the check-in counter’s baggage conveyor belt and hurried to clear security in order to board their Ryanair flight to Brussels.

According to the Straits Times, the staff at the Ben Gurion Airport informed the couple at the closed check-in counter that they had to buy an extra seat for their baby. Smartphone footage that is now circulating online, shows the airline staff uncovering a blanket to find a baby inside a carrier.

The staff reportedly said in Hebrew that the baby was left there. Officials say it was unclear if the couple could not afford to pay for the baby’s ticket or were just unwilling to pay.

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