Boston college professor's daughter, son-in-law among dead in Israel: Couple died jumping on teenage son to save him from hail of bullets
Daily Mail
Oct 8, 2023
Debbie Shahar Troen Mathias and Shlomi Mathias. They were killed while protecting their son
Debbie Shahar Troen Mathias and Shlomi Mathias are among those who were killed by Hamas
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sunday morning that 'several Americans' may be among the dead and captured in the Israeli terror attacks
Professor Ilan Troen had recently retired from his role at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts , and moved to Israel to live. The Boston-born academic recalled how his daughter and son-in-law were killed by gunmen from the Gaza strip on Saturday - and how the pair managed to save their teenage son by flinging their bodies over him
A Boston college professor's daughter and son-in-law were among those killed in Israel after a series of fierce attacks from Palestinian terrorist group Hamas.
Professor Ilan Troen, 83, had recently retired from his role at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts, and moved to Israel to be with his family.
The Boston-born academic recalled how his daughter Debbie Shahar Troen Mathias and son-in-law Shlomi Mathias were killed by gunmen from the Gaza strip on Saturday.
They managed to save their teenage son by flinging their bodies over him.
The family were together in a secure room inside their home when in was penetrated by Hamas fighters.
The young boy, Troen's grandson, was shot in the abdomen and is in hospital.
Speaking to NPR from a Soroka Hospital room in Israel, Professor Ilan Troen said: 'My daughter and son in law were killed today, but, in their dying, saved his life.
'They followed his body.
'They were all together in the secure room. And they covered his body, and he was saved. He - nevertheless, a bullet penetrated them and went into his abdomen.'
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