Nova Survivors’ Struggles to Get Their Lives Back on Track
Two years after the massacre, survivors of the Nova music festival are still fighting: severe post-trauma, drug addictions, exhausting medical committees and a health and welfare system that is neglecting them. While the state hands out nothing more than temporary allowances and insensitive bureaucracy, NGOs and communities of volunteers are assisting those affected. But they lack expertise and experience – and in some cases even create new problems: ‘I fought to survive and now I feel like I’m fighting everyone.’ The Nova Tribe Community Association: At every event, we urge folks not to use drugs, but in some circumstances we are unable to enforce this.’ A Shomrim investigation, published jointly with N12 Magazine
September 25, 2025
