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Police Probe Death of Nova Festival Survivor Roei Shalev

Hours after a farewell Instagram post, the 29-year-old was found in a burning car near Netanya.

Overview

  • Shalev's family confirmed his death and requested privacy, with funeral arrangements to be announced separately.
  • Israeli police said they have opened an investigation into the circumstances of his death.
  • Surveillance footage reportedly showed him filling a fuel can at a petrol station before firefighters discovered his body in the vehicle at a highway exit.
  • In his final Instagram message, Shalev wrote that he could no longer endure the pain and described feeling dead inside.
  • Shalev survived the Oct. 7, 2023 Nova attack after being shot in the back, while his partner Mapal Adam and friend Hili Solomon were killed, and friends said he struggled with grief after his mother died by suicide a week later.