After the cable car accident in northern Italy with 14 deaths, the little Israeli boy, who was the only one who survived, is doing a little better.
The five-year-old is now "awake and conscious" in the intensive care unit, said the children's hospital in Turin, where he is being treated.
Little Eitan also spoke to his aunt.
The child had lost his parents and brother in the accident in the northern Italian region of Piedmont and was seriously injured himself.
From a clinical point of view, his condition is still serious, it said.
The boy could leave the intensive care unit in the coming days.
The cable car had an accident on Whitsunday on the way from Stresa on Lake Maggiore up to Monte Mottarone.
According to the current state of investigation, shortly before the arrival at the mountain station at a good 1,300 meters above sea level, the pulling rope broke for an unknown reason.
In that case, an emergency brake should have applied, which did not happen.
The gondola sped down at high speed, overturned, and finally smashed.
After the accident, the head of the cable car company and two other senior employees were arrested. There is a suspicion that the emergency brake has been overridden because there were previously irregularities in the operation of the railway. According to media reports, one motive for manipulation could have been that the operators wanted to keep the cable car running after the long compulsory Corona break.