Israel confirms the death of a young German-Israeli woman murdered and kidnapped by Hamas

Israel confirmed this Monday the death of the young German-Israeli woman, Shani Louk, whose body was displayed in a van by militants of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas in a video that went around the world.

“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.

The Foreign Ministry statement recalled that the young woman was kidnapped by Hamas militants who broke into a music festival on Israeli soil, which was being held near the Gaza Strip on October 7.

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

“Our thoughts and prayers are with Shani’s friends and family during this unimaginable nightmare,” he continued. May her memory be a blessing.”

Louk disappeared during the Hamas attack on Israeli territory on October 7, where 1,400 people were killed, more than 5,400 were injured and 239 were taken hostage to the Gaza Strip.

The young woman was at the Supernova music festival near Gaza, where Islamist militants broke in and killed 260 attendees and took several hostages.

After the Hamas assault, photographs and videos circulated on social media of a young woman, apparently Louk, thrown into the back of a pick-up truck, with a strange contortion of her body.

The German State Prosecutor’s Office opened investigations on October 10 against unknown members of Hamas in connection with the kidnapping and murder of German citizens during the attack in southern Israel.

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