TEL AVIV. The Israeli authorities will probably have to “return” little Eitan Birain, the only survivor of his family in the Mottarone tragedy, to his legal guardian in Italy. A legal opinion from the Israeli government issued by experts from the Foreign and Justice ministries pointed out that bringing Eitan Biran to Israel, against the will of her legal guardian, probably constitutes a kidnapping, according to what was reported by Channel 12 News.
The document states that the move made by Eitan’s maternal grandfather violated the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, a law adopted by Israel in 1991. According to the law, Israeli authorities must do everything in their power. their power to return the boy to his legal guardian in Italy as soon as possible. Eitan’s legal guardian, Aya Biran-Nirko, the Italian resident sister of the child’s late father, filed a complaint with the Italian police stating that the child was kidnapped by his maternal grandfather, Shmuel Peleg.