National Missions Minister Orit Strock announced on Sunday the death of her daughter, Shoshana Strock, aged 34.
The circumstances surrounding Shoshana’s death remain unclear. She was reportedly found dead in her home in northern Israel. Police have opened an investigation into the case.
Strock announced her daughter’s death in a Sunday Facebook post.
“Updating with a broken heart about the passing of our beloved daughter, Shoshana,” she wrote.
In recent months, Shoshana had been publicly speaking out about both sexual abuse from her parents and ritual abuse that she said she experienced as a child.
She released multiple social media posts describing abuse from her parents, along with testimonies about being forced to take part in sexual ritual abuse.
"Starting from age two and a half, my parents took me to pedophile ceremonies in which I was programmed and trained using drugs, hypnosis, and sexual abuse,” she said in a February video.
Shoshana describes ritual abuse
"When I was 13, my father started pimping me in Tel Aviv, making money off my back. The abuse continued until an older age," she added.
In another post in January, Shoshana described the ritual abuse and conversion therapy she said she experienced growing up.
“In recent days, memories of the conversion therapy I underwent as part of the sadistic cult I grew up in have been coming back to me again and again,” she wrote, further describing rituals she said she was forced to engage in.
“I experience flashbacks of this over and over again, and my anxiety levels right now about sharing this are extremely high,” she wrote.
Following the announcement of Shoshana's death, ministers expressed support for Strock and the family.
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich wrote on X/Twitter, "Sending love and strength to my dear friend Orit and her family during this difficult time."
“Anyone who exploits such heartbreak and the most terrible loss in order to attack or incite at moments like these is a vile and despicable person,” he added.