The Israeli Supreme Court ruled that a 6-year-old boy was the only survivor of a cable car accident in northern Italy and must be returned to relatives there within the next few weeks.
Eitan Biran has been in The bitter custody battle Since his parents were killed in the Stresa-Motarone cable car accident on May 23, he has been between relatives in Italy and Israel.
Allegedly, on September 11, his maternal grandfather Shmuel Peleg kidnapped him at his aunt Aya Biran-Nirko’s home near Pavia.
Soon after the tragedy, Biran-Nirko obtained temporary custody of Eitan, which also Took his life His two-year-old brother and great-grandparents.
Biran-Nirko’s lawyers stated that the decision upheld the lower court’s October ruling and marked the “end of unfortunate incident”.Boy must go back Italy Until December 12.
At the same time, the Peleg family promised to continue to strive to bring him back to Israel “in all legal ways.”
According to Italian media reports, the Supreme Court stated that Eitan lived in Italy for most of his life and could not move from his “habitual residence.”
The court stated that his parents chose to settle in Italy indefinitely, and Faller “did not provide justified reasons for the possible psychological or physical harm to the children by returning to Italy”.
Italian police issued an international arrest warrant for Peleg after being suspected of kidnapping, and his suspected accomplice Gabriel Abutbul Alon was arrested last week. Arrested In Cyprus.
Eitan was driven across the Italian border to the Swiss city of Lugano, where he took a private jet to Tel Aviv. Peleg and Alon are wanted by the Italian police on charges of kidnapping, kidnapping and “isolating minors abroad.”
Bilan suffered head and leg injuries in a car accident. After being discharged from the hospital in June, he lived with Bilan-Nilko and started school two days after the alleged kidnapping.
His parents are Israelis, but he has lived in Italy since he was one month old and has dual Israeli/Italian citizenship. His patrilineal relatives claimed that he was taken away against their wishes and immediately filed a petition for him to return to Italy. Faller argued that his behavior was in the best interests of the boy.
The cable car accident killed 14 people, including a 6-year-old Italian boy who was believed to have broken a lead cable, causing the cabin to dash backwards and then crashing into the wooded area about 20 meters below. At the time of the crash, the cabin was only a few meters from Monte Mottarone, and its destination was nearly 1,500 meters above sea level.
