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Daniel Estrin

What a bereaved father, a historian of Israel, believes after 100 days of war

Ilan Troen, a Brandeis University professor emeritus, at his home in Omer, Israel. His daughter and son-in-law, Deborah and Shlomi Mathias, were killed in the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023. (Tamir Kalifa for NPR)

OMER, Israel — One hundred days ago, on Oct. 7, American-Israeli historian Ilan Troen stood over his 16-year-old grandson's hospital bed. The bullet that killed his daughter had pierced his grandson's abdomen.

I found Troen in the hospital wearing a Brandeis University t-shirt. He was one of my professors when I studied there.

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