Boy who survived cable car crash must be returned to Italy, Israeli judge rules

Eitan Biran has been at centre of custody battle since allegedly being abducted by maternal grandfather and taken to Tel Aviv

A judge in Israel has ruled that a six-year-old boy who was the sole survivor of a cable car crash and has become embroiled in a bitter custody battle must be returned to Italy.

Eitan Biran lost his parents, who were Israeli nationals living in Italy, and two-year-old brother in the aerial tramway crash in northern Italy in May.