Liraz Nissan
20 years old
Carmiel
Liraz Nissan, 20, of Karmiel, was a close childhood friend of Sofia Bongart and grew up alongside her in northern Israel. The two spent much of their time together and chose to attend the Nova festival together after celebrating Simchat Torah with their families. Friends and relatives remembered the young women as inseparable. Liraz was murdered alongside Sofia after they fled the festival and sought shelter. Her story is remembered through the deep friendship the two shared from childhood into young adulthood and through the family and community in Karmiel who mourned them together.
Liraz Nissan, 20, of Carmiel - Murdered by Hamas terrorists at the Nova Music Festival at Kibbutz Re'im.