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
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 for his return to italy. then in october, the israeli court found that the grandfather s actions had amounted to kidnapping under the hague convention on the return of abducted children. a final appeal was rejected by the israeli supreme court last month. and at the weekend, eitan returned to italy to live with his aunt. the lawyers for the aunt welcomed the ruling.
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