A Tel Aviv family court held its first hearing on Thursday in a custody battle over a six-year-old boy, the sole survivor of an Italian cable car disaster, who was taken to Israel by his grandfather without permission of family in Italy.
Family members based in the two countries dispute who should look after Eitan Biran, whose parents, younger brother and 11 other people all died when a gondola plunged to the ground in northern Italy in May.
In a joint statement, lawyers for both sides said they agreed that the child’s well-being was paramount.
Ronan Dlayahu, representing the family in Israel, called for the boy’s privacy to be respected. Shmuel Moran, representing the family in Italy, said the sides had agreed a temporary arrangement for visits pending a custody decision.
Prosecutors in the northern Italian city of Pavia opened a kidnapping investigation after Eitan was taken to Israel. Israeli police have questioned Peleg over the matter. Magistrates are still investigating why the cable car, on a line connecting Stresa on the shores of Lake Maggiore to the nearby Mottarone mountain, plunged to the ground.
Source: Reuters
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