Nova festival survivor, 22, marks her birthday by committing suicide, could not escape Oct. 7 PTSD nightmare
October 21, 2024 | Kevin Haggerty
The lasting effects of the Oct. 7 terror attack meant another tragedy as a survivor’s family blamed lack of care when the young woman marked her birthday with suicide.
With dozens still being held by Hamas more than a year after the savage attack on men, women, and children in Israel, including a number of Americans, considerably less time has been spent covering the plight of survivors.
Sunday, as Shirel Golan, who’d managed to escape the Nova festival, was to celebrate her 22nd birthday, her brother Eyal Golan discovered her dead from suicide after months of struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder.
Speaking with the media as one of four surviving older brothers, Eyal found fault with Israel’s universal healthcare system as he asserted, “If the state had taken care of her, none of this would have happened. The State of Israel killed my sister twice. Once in October, mentally, and a second time today, on her 22nd birthday, physically.”
Ynet reported him saying, “After she survived, I saw signs of post-trauma like avoidance and withdrawal from social interactions. I urged her to seek help, but she said she only received support from the Nova association, not from the state.”
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