Overview
- Israeli police opened an investigation after Shalev’s body was discovered in a burned car north of Tel Aviv, with local media citing CCTV that showed him filling a gasoline can shortly beforehand.
- Hours before his death, the 30-year-old posted a farewell on Instagram describing unbearable pain and asking loved ones for forgiveness.
- Shalev survived the Oct. 7, 2023 attack at the Nova music festival, where his partner, Mapal Adam, and close friend, Hili Solomon, were killed as they tried to hide; he was wounded in the assault.
- Several Israeli outlets report that his mother died by suicide about two weeks after the massacre, deepening the family’s trauma.
- Politicians including Avigdor Lieberman and Yaïr Golan urged stronger support for survivors as debate continues over post-attack suicide figures, with a Knesset claim of nearly 50 disputed by the Health Ministry, which said the number was below 10 as of April 2024.