Following the Hamas-led massacre at the Nova Music Festival on October 7, about fifty survivors have committed suicide, revealed Guy Ben Shimon.
Ben Shimon, a survivor of the massacre, spoke on Tuesday at a Parliamentary hearing for a State Audit Commission on the treatment of the survivors of October 7.
"Few people know, but there have been almost 50 suicides among the Nova survivors. This number, which was true two months ago, may have increased since," Ben Shimon said, emphasizing that many of his friends who escaped the massacre could not recover from what they had experienced.
"There are many survivors who had to be forcibly hospitalized due to their psychological state. My friends are not getting out of bed, neither am I," he described their condition since the October 7 attack.
"I am practically unable to do anything. I had to get a dog to help me survive in my daily life. The goal for all of us is to return to work and function normally, but we cannot do it without adequate help," Ben Shimon added.
The parliamentary hearing focused on alleged failures of the state bodies towards the survivors of October 7. There were complaints about the difficulties, notably bureaucratic, that the survivors faced in getting their post-traumatic stress disorder recognized, as well as in receiving the needed care.
"Why should I constantly prove what I experienced? Why am I forced to go back to the details of what I experienced for them to believe me?" Naama Eitan, another survivor of the music festival,…
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This is from the same Israeli state new outlet that served up the hoax of 40 beheaded babies has a new post-Oct 7 tall tale: 50 Nova survivors have committed suicide
An Israeli Ministry of Health official says, "the rumors about the number of suicides and the number of hospitalizations among survivors of the Nova festival are not true”
LOL. These were the same people raising suspicions on Palestine Health Ministry & stating irrational figures when asked about Palestinian casualties post Oct 7th.
Now, they don't even know their own figures?
Every Accusation is a Confession!!
@VersatileFalconGreen2wks2W
Update: I24 is admitting the story was fake:
"Earlier I posted an I24 report that 50 survivors of the Nova festival have committed suicide. Since then, I have been informed that the report is incorrect. So I took it down."
Please tell how a ‘journalist’ is posting things without fact checking? Wtf?!
We badly need to increase the testing requirements for people who purport to be journalists.
@VersatileFalconGreen2wks2W
i24 were also responsible for the erroneous report of the 40 beheaded babies which caused us so much damage. I'm not going to believe anything coming out of their mouths.
@VersatileFalconGreen2wks2W
And what’s also unhinged is that they were using holocaust survivor’s suicide story to say these (fake) suicides counted as Hamas casualties. Always has a way to abuse history.
@GuiltyWigeonSocialist2wks2W
These stories smell from a mile away. Israel is desperate for support so another massive tragedy is alleged. Sadly, many of those young people are likely suffering and taking political advantage of it is disgusting.
@ISIDEWITH2wks2W
How do personal stories of trauma survivors influence your view on the need for mental health services and societal empathy?
@9LLB8YX2wks2W
Expanded availability of mental health capabilities is important for a functioning society.
@ISIDEWITH2wks2W
Should the responsibility of mental health support for trauma survivors fall primarily on the individual, the state, or the community?
@9LLBDYS2wks2W
Mental health opportunities should be available for those that go through traumatic events.
@PluckyOtterRepublican2wks2W
Just awful but kind of inevitable having seen such horrible sick atrocities…and survived. The nightmares and survivor guilt must’ve been too much to bear as well as the fact Hamas still exists. Hopefully the rest who survived have the support and strength to fight to live.
This is truly heartbreaking
I’m just surprised that no one ever spoke about survivors committing suicide during the months after.
I remember like a month after a Zaka volunteer had a heart attack from all the stress & trauma that he had & died & it was quite a big deal
@ISIDEWITH2wks2W
@9LLBJVD2wks2W
I think that the propaganda in favor of the Israeli government wiping out a whole population is so beyond unbelievable. How can we sit and pretend that this is within the rights of defense and that this is anywhere near a fair fight. The lies that are being spread are disgraceful.
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