Shani Louk was beheaded and killed
The President of Israel announced the details of how German citizen tattoo artist Shani Louk, whose images emerged during the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, was killed.
While the waters have not calmed down in the Middle East since October 7, the fate of tattoo artist Shani Louk, seen in a video that appeared on the day of the Hamas attack, has become clear.
In a video shared on social media on October 7, a woman believed to belong to Louk was seen being carried on a vehicle. It was a hot topic that Louk, who was thought to be unconscious, had his leg in a reverse position and was half-naked. In the same video, Hamas militants were seen spitting and insulting Louk.
While the family of the 23-year-old young woman initially said that they believed that their daughter was alive, it was announced yesterday that Louk had been killed. Yesterday evening, Israeli President Isaac Herzog spoke to the German media. Speaking to Bild, Herzog said, “I am really sorry to say this, but we have received the news that Shani Nicolee Louk was murdered and died.”
Herzog: “Louk’s skull has been found. DNA results also enabled identification. This means that these barbaric, sadistic animals cut off his head while attacking, torturing, and killing Israelis. “This is a great tragedy and I offer my deepest condolences to his family.”
Louk’s mother, Ricarda Louk, also spoke to German media outlet RTL/ntv. Louk said, “At least he didn’t suffer. “My daughter’s body has not been found yet, but a piece of her skull was found and DNA testing revealed that it belongs to my daughter,” he said.
Family of Shani Louk, woman Hamas took to Gaza, confirm she was killed
Young Israeli-German woman was initially believed to have been kidnapped alive in attack on Supernova music festival
A young Israeli-German woman whose fate became indelibly associated around the globe with the Hamas massacre and mass kidnapping rampage of 7 October was killed during the attack, her family has said.
Shani Louk, aged 22, was initially believed to have been kidnapped alive during Hamas’s assault on a music festival in Re’im, after she was paraded semi-naked through Gaza, apparently unconscious on the back of a pickup truck.
On Monday, however, Louk’s sister Adi confirmed that Shani had died, probably during the attack, after the discovery of human remains that suggested injuries that would not have been survivable.
“It is with great sadness that we announce the death of my sister, Shani Nicole Z.L. , who was on October 7, 2023, at the party massacre in Re’im,” Adi wrote on Instagram.
In a post on the social media platform X, formerly Twitter, the Israeli foreign ministry said Louk had experienced “unfathomable horrors”.
Louk was seen in footage shared on the day of the attack lying motionless in the back of a vehicle after being seized and brought into Gaza.
Initially, Louk’s mother Ricarda said she believed her daughter was alive and being held in a hospital in Gaza, but informed German television on Sunday that her daughter was no longer alive.
According to reports in the German and Israeli media, a cousin of Louk’s said that the family received an official notice from the Israel Defence Forces and the voluntary emergency response organisation Zaka that a bone from the base of Louk’s skull had been found and matched with Louk’s DNA.
Doctors determined that a person cannot live without the found bone and concluded that Louk could not possibly still be alive. The determination of death was conducted by the Israeli National Institute of Forensic Medicine.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday said that the death of Louk showed what he called the barbarism of Hamas and the need to hold the Palestinian militant group to account.
“For me, this news is terrible,” Scholz said during an official visit to Africa. “This shows all the barbarism that lies behind Hamas.”
Louk was at the Supernova music festival near Re’im on 7 October when Hamas terrorists launched their assault.
Video of Louk, a tattoo artist, taken before the massacre showed her dancing with friends at the festival.
Her mother had earlier told Germany’s Bild that she had last spoken to her daughter at the festival as gunfire rang out, losing contact when her daughter took cover in bushes.
Hours later video emerged of the body of a woman, in the back of a white pickup truck with several gunmen being taken to Gaza, who her family quickly recognised.
Two weeks ago, Germany’s Der Spiegel reported that the German partner of Louk’s aunt had been told she was alive and being treated for injuries at a hospital in Gaza’s Beit Lahia.
At least 260 people were killed among the festival tents and in the fields and roads surrounding it on the morning of 7 October, part of the deadliest attack on Israel in decades. It took hours for security forces to reach festivalgoers who were hiding or trying to flee.
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