crashed in northern italy and everyone inside was killed. except for one boy. six year old eitan biran was saved by his father s protective hug, but his parents, younger brother and great grandparents were among the 14 who died in the accident. what then followed was months of a bitter custody battle for eitan between his italian and israeli families. an italian court gave guardianship to his paternal aunt, an israeli born doctor who lives in italy. but in september, eitan s maternal grandfather smuggled the boy to israel where he lives. the grandfather had visitation rights. he took his grandson out for the day, travelled with him by car to switzerland, and then flew to tel aviv in a privatejet, using the boy s israeli passport. eitan s aunt petitioned the israeli family court
a six year old boy, who was the only survivor of a cable car crash in italy, has returned there after being smuggled to israel by his grandfather. israel s supreme court rejected a final appeal to let him stay. eitan biran was living in italy at the time of the accident that killed his parents, his younger brother and his great grandparents. jatinder dhillon reports. it was a heart rending story. back in may, a cable car crashed in northern italy and everyone inside was killed. except for one boy. six year old eitan biran was saved by his father s protective hug, his parents, younger brother and great grandparents were among the 14 who died in the accident. what then followed was months of a bitter custody battle for eitan between his italian and israeli families. an italian court gave
was saved by his father s protective hug, his parents, younger brother and great grandparents were among the 14 who died in the accident. what then followed was months of a bitter custody battle for eitan between his italian and israeli families. an italian court gave guardianship to his paternal aunt, an israeli born doctor who lives in italy. but in september, eitan s maternal grandfather smuggled the boy to israel where he lives. smuggled the boy to israel, where he lives. the grandfather had visitation rights. he took his grandson out for the day, travelled with him by car to switzerland, and then flew to tel aviv in a privatejet, using the boy s israeli passport. eitan s aunt petitioned the israeli family court for his return to italy. then in october, the israeli court found that the grandfather s actions had