{"id":2060542,"date":"2023-10-09T14:08:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T18:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/retired-brandeis-professor-was-on-phone-with-daughter-when-she-was-killed-by-hamas-gunfire\/"},"modified":"2023-10-09T14:11:48","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T18:11:48","slug":"retired-brandeis-professor-was-on-phone-with-daughter-when-she-was-killed-by-hamas-gunfire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/retired-brandeis-professor-was-on-phone-with-daughter-when-she-was-killed-by-hamas-gunfire\/","title":{"rendered":"Brandeis Professor&#8217;s Daughter Killed by Hamas Gunfire While on Call"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fretired-brandeis-professor-was-on-phone-with-daughter-when-she-was-killed-by-hamas-gunfire%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2060542&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A Heartbreaking\u200d Tragedy: Brandeis Professor Loses Daughter to Hamas \u2064Attack<\/h2>\n<p>A retired Brandeis \u2062professor, Ilan Troen, shared a devastating\u200c account of the moment \u200bhis daughter\u200b was killed by \u2062Hamas \u200bgunfire in Israel.\u2064 In\u200d a \u200dchilling phone call, Troen was speaking\u2063 to his daughter,\u200b Deborah Matias, \u200dwhen terrorists\u200c broke into her\u2063 home and took her life as she\u2063 shielded her 16-year-old son.\u2063 Tragically, Matias&#8217;s husband, Shlomi, also\u200b lost his life \u200cin the \u200battack.<\/p>\n<p>According to Troen, his grandson managed\u200c to survive\u200d the horrifying ordeal by hiding \u200dand \u200dcommunicating through \u2064text messages. &#8220;He \u2062was told not \u2064to speak\u200b and therefore he was to hide and use texting,&#8221; Troen\u2064 explained. &#8220;By the\u200d time he was rescued, he had 4% left in his battery.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Describing \u2062his daughter as \u200ca\u200c &#8220;child of \u2064light\u200b and life,&#8221; Troen expressed \u2063his grief over her untimely death. Matias had pursued her passion for music, attending prestigious institutions \u200dlike the Berkeley College of Music and the\u200d Rimon School of Music in Tel Aviv.<\/p>\n<p>Since the Hamas \u2064attacks began, other heartbreaking stories have emerged. Yoseph Haddad, an Israeli activist, reported the tragic fate of Itai and Hadar Berdichevsky, who managed\u2062 to hide their 10-month-old twins before being gunned down by \u200dterrorists in their own home.<\/p>\n<p>Former \u2062Israeli Prime Minister Naftali\u200b Bennet also shared the devastating news \u2062of\u200b a family of five, including two \u200byoung girls and a boy, \u2063who were killed by terrorists over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What measures can be taken to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/retired-brandeis-professor-was-on-phone-with-daughter-when-she-was-killed-by-hamas-gunfire\/\" title=\"Brandeis Professor's Daughter Killed by Hamas Gunfire While on Call\">prevent similar heartbreaking incidents<\/a> like the \u200battack on\u2064 Ilan Troen&#8217;s\u200b daughter\u2063 from\u2063 occurring in the future?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  A Heartbreaking\u200d\u200b Tragedy: Brandeis Professor Loses Daughter to Hamas \u2064\u2064Attack<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/2-teens-indicted-on-murder-battery-charges-in-fatal-hit-and-run-of-bicyclist-captured-on-video\/\" title=\"2 Teens Charged with Murder and Battery in Fatal Hit-and-Run of Bicyclist on Video\">heart-wrenching event<\/a> that has\u2062 left the world in shock, a retired Brandeis \u2062professor, Ilan Troen, has shared the devastating\u200c account of the\u200b moment \u200bhis daughter\u200b fell victim to Hamas \u200bgunfire in Israel\u2064. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/landscaper-kills-homeless-mom-sleeping-in-ca-park-running-her-over-with-lawn-mower\/\" title=\"Homeless mother sleeping in CA park tragically killed by landscaper operating lawn mower.\">tragic\u2063 incident unfolded<\/a> \u2062when terrorists\u200c forcibly broke into\u200d her\u2063 home \u2062while she was on a chilling phone call with her father. As \u200bshe valiantly shielded her 16-year-old son, her life was\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-arrests-4-mexicans-in-smuggling-incident-that-killed-53-migrants-in-texas\/\" title=\"4 Mexicans arrested in Texas smuggling incident that resulted in 53 migrant deaths.\">tragically cut short<\/a>. Making the situation even more devastating, Matias&#8217;s husband, Shlomi, also\u200b lost his life \u200cin the \u200battack.<\/p>\n<p>According to Troen, amidst the chaos, his grandson managed\u200c to survive\u200d this horrifying ordeal by hiding \u200cand communicating through \u2064text messages. It is \u200dheart-wrenching to know that he was instructed not \u2064to speak, forcing \u200bhim to conceal himself and rely \u2064on text messages for communication. &#8220;By the\u200d time he was rescued, he had only \u200d4% battery life left,&#8221;\u200b Troen\u2064 explained, revealing the intensity of the circumstances he had to endure.<\/p>\n<p>Deborah Matias is remembered by \u200cher father as a &#8220;child of \u2064light\u200b and life,&#8221; underlining \u2062the immense grief he feels over her untimely \u2063death. \u2062It is important \u2063to recognize the vibrancy Matias exuded in \u200cher life. She pursued her passion for music and was\u200d fortunate enough to attend prestigious institutions \u200dsuch as \u2063the Berkeley College of Music and the\u200d Rimon School of Music in Tel Aviv. Her contributions to \u200dthe music world will be forever remembered.<\/p>\n<p>This heartbreaking incident is\u200c not an isolated one. Since the Hamas \u2064attacks began, many other stories of devastation have emerged. Yoseph Haddad,\u2064 an Israeli activist, shared the tragic fate of Itai and Hadar\u200c Berdichevsky, who managed\u2062 to hide their 10-month-old twins before being mercilessly gunned down by\u2062 \u200dterrorists in\u2062 their own \u200dhome. \u200dThese innocent lives have been \u200clost due to an unfathomable act\u200d of brutality.<\/p>\n<p>Former\u200d \u2062Israeli Prime Minister Naftali\u200b\u200d Bennet also expressed his\u2064 sorrow by \u200dsharing further distressing news. A family\u2062 of five, including two \u200c\u200byoung girls \u2064and a boy, \u2063were ruthlessly killed by terrorists\u2064 over the weekend. These innocent lives \u2062were tragically cut short, leaving behind mourning families and a nation in deep mourning.<\/p>\n<p>These stories highlight the unimaginable\u200c pain and suffering caused by the relentless acts\u2062 of terrorism. As the world witnesses these heart-wrenching events, it \u200bis crucial to stand united against such acts of violence and work towards a path\u2064 of peace. \u2062The loss \u2064of innocent lives is a tragedy that\u200b no family should ever have to endure, and it is essential to strive\u200b for\u200c a world where such devastation becomes a distant memory.<\/p>\n<p>In memory of all those who have lost their \u2063lives, let us honor their memories\u2064 by advocating for\u2062 peace, understanding, and compassion. We must strive to eliminate the root causes of\u2064 such violence and promote\u200b dialogue and reconciliation as the only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-mexico-democrat-candidate-gabe-vasquez-deletes-tweets-slamming-oil-to-masquerade-as-moderate\/\" title=\"New Mexico Democrat Candidate Gabe Vasquez Deletes Tweets Slamming Oil To Masquerade As Moderate\">viable path forward<\/a>. May the memories of Deborah Matias, \u200dItai, Hadar \u2064Berdichevsky, and all the other innocent victims serve as a \u200dsolemn \u200dreminder of the urgent need for\u2063 peace in our world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A retired Brandeis professor, Ilan Troen, revealed that his daughter, Deborah Matias, was tragically killed by Hamas gunfire while they were talking on the phone. Troen, an Israeli scholar and professor emeritus, shared this heartbreaking incident during an interview on &#8220;CNN This Morning.&#8221; Terrorists abruptly interrupted their conversation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":2060543,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2060542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2060542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/126"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2060542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2060542\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2060543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2060542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2060542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2060542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}