Bar Asraf, 30, a survivor of the Nova music festival massacre, took his own life on Saturday evening at the Elkana cemetery, near the grave of his girlfriend Liron Barda, who was murdered on October 7. According to reports, he had attended his brother's wedding just days earlier and had been struggling with grief since the massacre.
Bar Asraf, a 30-year-old Tel Aviv resident who survived the October 7 Nova music festival massacre, died by suicide on Saturday evening at the Elkana cemetery, according to reports. He was found with a gunshot wound to the chest and was pronounced dead at the scene. Asraf had been visiting the grave of his girlfriend, Liron Barda, who was murdered by Hamas terrorists during the attack. The reports indicate that Asraf had been struggling with profound grief since the massacre and had maintained close contact with Barda's parents. He was seen at his brother's wedding just days before his death. As The Zioneer reported earlier, Asraf's suicide adds to the tragic toll of the Nova massacre, which killed hundreds of civilians and has left many survivors dealing with trauma.
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