JERUSALEM POST
Bar Asraf found deceased in apparent suicide at grave of girlfriend killed in October 7 massacre
Uri Sela
August 3, 2026

Bar Asraf, a 30-year-old resident of Sha’arei Tikva, died by suicide after shooting himself at the grave of his girlfriend, Liron Barda, who was murdered at the Nova festival during Hamas’s 2023 October 7 massacre. Friends of Asraf told Walla that he had difficulty coping with the death of Barda. “We were at my brother’s wedding. He apparently started to feel lonely. You couldn’t tell. He was always happy and laughing,” his sister, Lihi, shared with Walla. “His best friend was murdered in Nova. He has a tattoo of her, she was a part of his soul. At the groom’s celebration, there was dancing and a Shabbat reception with a singer; it was magical. We were at the peak of the family’s life.” “Yesterday he left, and I thought he went to be alone and think like he usually does,” his sister recounted.” An hour passed, then two hours passed, and my older sister said, ‘Come on, we’re going to look for him.’ READ MORE