Nova festival survivor Shirel Golan takes own life on 22nd birthday, family blames state for ignoring PTSD

Oct 21, 2024

A young woman who survived Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, massacre at the Supernova music festival in southern Israel died by suicide on her 22nd birthday after a battle with post-traumatic stress disorder, her family said. Shirel Golan’s heartbroken family said she had been hospitalized twice since the massacre, which killed approximately 1,200 Israelis and saw...