'They covered his body and he lived': US professor reveals his daughter and son-in-law have been

'They covered his body and he lived': US professor reveals his daughter and son-in-law have been killed by Hamas terrorists in Israel after jumping on teenage son to save him from hail of bullets

Professor Ilan Troen, 83, 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. They were together in a secure room inside their home when in was penetrated by Hamas fighters.