For Nova Survivors, Oct. 7 Trauma Persists Three Years Later
- Three years after the Hamas-led October 7, 2023, attack, many Nova festival survivors still face PTSD, depression, flashbacks and difficulty returning to normal life.
- Efrat Atun of SafeHeart said 79% of Nova survivors have been recognized as having a psychiatric disability, while about 60% have entered full-time employment.
- SafeHeart has provided more than 75,000 hours of therapy, with about 400 trauma specialists treating more than 1,000 survivors.
- Mental-Health services for Nova survivors remain insufficient because of limited funding, access and bureaucratic barriers.
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Three years ago, in Israel, the world discovered with horror the images of Hamas' terrorist attacks, killing 1,221 people. Israeli society remains deeply marked by this trauma, and is divided, as some believe that the current government has a share of responsibility. According to revelations from the Israeli press, Benjamin Netanyahu was warned of a large-scale operation prepared by Hamas ten days before October 7. TF1: Report F. DE JUVIGNY, B. …
For Nova survivors, Oct. 7 trauma persists three years later
SafeHeart, an Israeli mental-health support non-profit, reports rising distress among survivors, with 79% recognized as having a psychiatric disability and many struggling to return to work amid what it claims is inadequate state support.
Trauma for Oct. 7 survivors and their families endures: ‘It’s never going to go back to normal — for anybody’
It's been three years since the Hamas massacre in Israel, but for many survivors and their families, the terror and trauma persist. For some, it's made supporting themselves difficult, if not impossible.
When the terrorist attack on the Nova Festival began on October 7, 2023, Elkana Bohbot did not think he was attending at the beginning of a [...]
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