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

    A scholar of Israeli history reflects on the killing of his daughter and 100 days of war in Israel and Gaza. NPR's Daniel Estrin met him Oct. 7 when the war began, and again now.
    by Daniel Estrin Jan 14, 2024 3 minutes
    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.

    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.

    Three months later, I visited his home in Israel's southern desert, where he is now retired, to hear — as a historian and bereaved parent — about Israel's deadliest day in history,

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