Shani Louk's family confirmed the young woman's death this Monday. Louk had been a hostage of the Hamas group since the terrorist raid against Israel on October 7, and was one of the most recognizable faces of the tragedy after being kidnapped at the rave party by the terrorists and paraded around in a van as a symbol of the criminals' ostentation.
"Unfortunately, yesterday we received the news that my daughter is no longer alive," mother Ricarda Louk told the DPA news agency and RTL/ntv, as reported by several German media.
🔴 FLASH - #Allemagne : Otage allemand du #Hamas : la famille annonce la mort de Shani Louk sur Instagram. Shani Louk participait à la fête techno, dans le sud d'Israël, près de la frontière avec Gaza, où des commandos du Hamas ont tué environ 250 personnes. (Src : BILD).… pic.twitter.com/PkGWXJfKpV
— FranceNews24 (@FranceNews24) October 30, 2023
Although there was still no official confirmation early Monday morning, authorities finally confirmed the tragic outcome.
We are devastated to share that the body of 23 year old German-Israeli Shani Luk was found and identified.
Shani who was kidnapped from a music festival and tortured and paraded around Gaza by Hamas terrorists, experienced unfathomable horrors.
Our hearts are broken 💔.
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— Israel ישראל 🇮🇱 (@Israel) October 30, 2023
The 23-year-old German woman was kidnapped by Hamas terrorists. A video of the young woman - immobilized and half-naked on a van - went around the world and Shani became one of the faces of the terrorist attack perpetrated by Hamas against Israel. The images showed the young woman being tortured by the Islamist assassins in the back of the van.
