Overview

• Shalev, 30, posted a farewell on Instagram before being found dead in his burned car near Netanya; police have opened an investigation.
• He survived the Oct. 7 Nova massacre in which his partner Mapal Adam and friend Hili Solomon were killed, and he had been wounded.
• Relatives said his mother died by suicide two weeks after the attack, deepening his trauma.
• Survivor groups and politicians, including Avigdor Lieberman and Yair Golan, called for stronger, long-term mental-health support.
• Advocates have cited far higher suicide counts among Nova survivors, but the Health Ministry rejects those claims and reported fewer than 10 linked cases as of April 2024.