The family of Shani Louk, the 'influencer' kidnapped and recorded by Hamas, confirms her death

The family of the young German-Israeli Shani Louk has confirmed that the 22-year-old woman has died, after weeks of uncertainty about her condition following images in which she could be seen being transported unconscious in a vehicle. after the attacks launched on October 7 by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) against Israel, which left nearly 1,400 dead.

“Unfortunately, we received the news yesterday that my daughter is no longer alive,” said Louk's mother, Ricarda Louk, in statements to the German radio station RTL.. The authorities of Germany and Israel have not commented at the moment, although they have indicated that the information was communicated to them by the Israeli Army.

Israel has also confirmed the death of the young woman, adding that her body has been found. “We are devastated to share that the body of the German-Israeli Shani Louk was found and identified,” said the Israeli Foreign Ministry through the social network X, while a spokesperson told EFE that what was located was a part of the young woman's body, which confirms her death.

“She was kidnapped at the music festival, tortured and paraded in Gaza by Hamas terrorists, she experienced unfathomable horrors,” noted the Israeli Foreign Ministry.

The family believed yesterday that Shani had been murdered by the Palestinian Islamist group at the same music festival in the Israeli Negev desert, due to a gunshot wound to the head.. According to the report, photos and videos circulating on the Internet showed the young woman's body in a van, although the family remained hopeful that she was seriously injured and had been forcibly transported to the Gaza Strip.

In this sense, Ricarda Louk has described the confirmation of her daughter's death as “terrible”, although she has valued being certain about what happened as positive.. “At least she didn't suffer,” Louk stressed, according to DPA.

More than 200 kidnapped

The spokesman for the Israeli Army, Daniel Hagari, indicated this Monday that the authorities have so far confirmed that 239 people are being held in the Strip after the attacks by Hamas, which recently indicated that around 50 of the hostages had died. due to the intense bombing by Israeli forces against the enclave.

The authorities of the Gaza Strip, controlled by Hamas, have reported the death of more than 8,000 Palestinians in bombings against the enclave. Added to this figure are more than one hundred Palestinians killed in operations by Israeli security forces and attacks by settlers in the West Bank, as indicated by the Palestinian Authority.

For its part, the German Prosecutor's Office has opened an investigation against Hamas for the alleged murder, involuntary manslaughter and kidnapping of its citizens in the context of its attacks, a measure adopted following the requests of the relatives of the Germans affected by them.. Among the victims is also Carolin Bohl, 22, killed during the attack on the Nir Oz kibbutz, near the border with Gaza.