Bar Asraf, 30, a survivor of the Nova music festival massacre, took his own life on Saturday evening at the cemetery in Elkana, near the grave of his girlfriend Liron Barda, who was murdered on October 7. He had been struggling with grief since the attack, according to reports.
Bar Asraf, 30, a survivor of the October 7 Nova music festival massacre, died by suicide on Saturday evening at the cemetery in Elkana, where his girlfriend Liron Barda is buried. Barda was among the hundreds killed at the Nova festival. According to reports, Asraf had been struggling with deep grief since the attack. He maintained close contact with Barda's parents and frequently visited her grave. Just last Wednesday, he attended his brother's wedding. The tragedy highlights the ongoing mental health toll of the October 7 attacks on survivors and families.
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