Five Israelis from one family, including a 2-year-old child, were among the 14 people killed Sunday when a cable car plummeted to the ground in Italy’s Piedmont region, Israel’s Foreign Ministry confirmed Monday morning.
The ministry said in a statement that Amit Biran, 30, his wife Tal Peleg-Biran, 26, and their 2-year-old son Tom Biran, who lived in northern Italy, and Peleg-Biran’s grandparents Barbara and Yitzhak Cohen of Tel Aviv, 71 and 81, were all among the dead.
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Another son, 5-year-old Eitan Biran, the sole survivor of the accident, was critically injured and is currently hospitalized in Turin’s Regina Margherita hospital.
The Foreign Ministry said that his aunt, Amit Biran’s sister, was with him and other family members were expected to fly out from Israel on Monday
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Five Israelis from one family, including a 2-year-old child, were among the 14 people killed Sunday when a cable car plummeted to the ground in Italy’s Piedmont region, Israel’s Foreign Ministry confirmed Monday morning.
The ministry said in a statement that Amit Biran, 30, his wife Tal Peleg-Biran, 26, and their 2-year-old son Tom Biran, who lived in northern Italy, and Peleg-Biran’s grandparents Barbara and Yitzhak Cohen of Tel Aviv, 71 and 81, were all among the dead.
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Another son, 5-year-old Eitan Biran, the sole survivor of the accident, was critically injured and is currently hospitalized in Turin’s Regina Margherita hospital.
The Foreign Ministry said that his aunt, Amit Biran’s sister, was with him and other family members were expected to fly out from Israel on Monday
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Five Israelis from one family, including a 2-year-old child, were among the 14 people killed Sunday when a cable car plummeted to the ground in Italy’s Piedmont region, Israel’s Foreign Ministry confirmed Monday morning.
The ministry said in a statement that Amit Biran, 30, his wife Tal Peleg-Biran, 26, and their 2-year-old son Tom Biran, who lived in northern Italy, and Peleg-Biran’s grandparents Barbara and Yitzhak Cohen of Tel Aviv, 71 and 81, were all among the dead.
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Another son, 5-year-old Eitan Biran, the sole survivor of the accident, was critically injured and is currently hospitalized in Turin’s Regina Margherita hospital.
The Foreign Ministry said that his aunt, Amit Biran’s sister, was with him and other family members were expected to fly out from Israel on Monday
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