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Cable car accident survivor: Israel confirms six

2021-11-29T16:30:01.454Z


Eitan's parents died in a cable car crash on Lake Maggiore. Israel's highest court has now pronounced a verdict in the relatives' dispute over custody of the six-year-old.


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Aunt Eitans at a court hearing in Tel Aviv in September: The focus of life before the kidnapping was Italy

Photo: Sebastian Scheiner / AP

Six-year-old Eitan, who lost his parents in a cable car accident, has to fly back to Italy with his aunt within two weeks.

That was ultimately decided by the highest court in Israel.

The court thus upheld previous judgments of the family and district court.

With the decision, the court dismissed an application from the boy's Israeli grandfather.

This kidnapped the child, as the court found - and wanted to keep it in Israel.

According to the decision, the man also has to bear court costs of the equivalent of 7,000 euros.

Escape to Israel in a private jet

The boy, who was the only one who survived the accident in May and lost his little brother and two great-grandparents in addition to his parents, was flown to Israel in a private plane by his maternal grandfather in mid-September - contrary to a court order.

Since the accident, the boy had previously lived with his aunt on his father's side in Pavia, Italy.

The Israeli ruling stated that the child must be returned to his aunt's care in Italy.

This is done in accordance with the Hague Child Abduction Convention, which both Israel and Italy have signed up to.

An attorney for the aunt said, according to Israeli television, that they responded to the verdict with relief.

"It is the end of an unfortunate chapter that was harmful and superfluous, especially for little Eitan."

Guardianship dispute continues in Milan

According to the report, the grandfather's side announced that the State of Israel had "given up a Jewish child and a helpless Israeli citizen" with the judgment.

One will continue to fight with legal means that he can come back to Israel.

An appointment before the juvenile court is due in Milan on Wednesday.

There the grandfather and the family living in Israel want to have the aunt's guardianship withdrawn.

According to media reports, the public prosecutor in Pavia has issued two international arrest warrants against the grandfather and an alleged accomplice.

In addition, the extradition of the two men had been requested.

The public prosecutor's office in the northern Italian city accuses the men of strategically planning to bring the boy back to Israel.

According to media reports, the accomplice was arrested in Cyprus on Thursday, but was released on Monday, according to reports, pending a hearing on December 2nd.

Eitan was born in Israel, according to the media, but moved to Italy with his parents shortly after he was born.

His aunt said Pavia in Lombardy was the home of the boy who should have started school in September.

The court in Jerusalem also found: "There can be no doubt that the focus of the minor's life before his abduction to Israel was in Italy."

According to the reports, his mother's family living in Israel had argued that the parents had specifically planned to move back to Israel.

The boy should grow up in Israel.

The question of custody now needs to be resolved legally in Italy.

apr / dpa

Source: spiegel

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