Oct. 7 massacre survivor commits suicide

(JNS) — A survivor of Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, Nova music festival massacre, Shirel Golan, took her own life on Oct. 20, her 22nd birthday. She was found lifeless in the yard of her home in Moshav Porat in central Israel. The exact cause of death was not made public.

She was set to have visited the Western Wall in Jerusalem and the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron with her family.

According to family members, despite suffering from post-trauma, the state failed to provide Shirel with mental health services.

“She said she received no assistance from the state. She said that she only had assistance...