Heartbreaking video shows tattoo artist Shani Louk happily dancing at an Israeli music festival before she is stripped and paraded by Hamas terrorists — as her mother revealed on Tuesday that she now believes she is still alive.
The 23-year-old – who spent part of her childhood in Portland, Oregon – was seen in a new clip online dancing happily at a Tribe of Nova event in the Negev Desert as she was surrounded by reveling friends just before the massacre- many, which caused at least 260 people to be killed.
Hours later, terrorists paraded him naked through the streets in a flatbed truck, shouting, “Allahu Akbar!” (“God Almighty!”).
The video was released when Louk was presumed to be among those killed, with it being described as “possibly his last moments before Hamas attacked the music festival.”
However, on Tuesday her mother, Ricarda, claimed to have been informed by an unidentified Palestinian source that her daughter was in fact in hospital.
“We now have more information that Shani is alive, but has suffered severe head injuries and is in critical condition,” the desperate mother explained in a brief recording shared by Spiegel.
“We ask – no, we demand – that the German government act quickly,” he continued. “This is really my desperate call to the whole country of Germany to help me get my Shani home safely.”
The stunning update came hours after it emerged that Louk attended kindergarten at Portland Jewish Academy.
Shani Louk was caught on video dancing at an Israeli music festival shortly before she was arrested and initially feared killed by Hamas terrorists. The 23-year-old tattoo artist was spotted having fun at the Tribe of Nova event. She was caught and stripped shortly after the happy moment.
Her teacher from the time, Devorah Spilman, told KOIN that her daughter showed her a “horrific video” of Shani in Gaza — with terrorists marching her, singing and dancing.
“And he said, ‘Mom, this girl’s from Portland,'” he told the outlet.
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“The thing about Shani, his brother Adi and their family is that they are an Intel family and an Israeli Intel family that came to Portland and brought this Israeli spirit with them,” Spilman told KOIN. “Shani is a sweet, beautiful smile – just the cutest in our class.”
Louk rushed away after Hamas attacked the party outside but was abducted before he reached his car, his mother said. Instagram/hanukkk
He said the family later moved to Germany.
“It just breaks our hearts,” Spilman added of Louk’s death. “And when it comes so close to home, I think everyone feels that this is not far.”
Merrill Hendin, the principal of Portland schools, expressed his sadness about the senseless killing.
“We are deeply saddened by his tragic loss and our hearts go out to his family and to all those who have been tragically taken,” he told the outlet.
Shani as a kindergartner in Portland.Portland Jewish Academy
Louk’s aunt, Orly Louk, told the German newspaper Der Spiegel that her nephew had been raised in Israel, but was a world-beating pacifist who refused to do mandatory military service for Israelis.
He said the last photo Louk posted on social media was a selfie before he went to a festival near Kibbutz Re’im.
“He often posts selfies on Instagram,” Orly Louk told the outlet, holding out hope that his nephew is still alive.
Shani Louk is paraded through the streets.AP
Shani’s mother had earlier said her daughter was trying to leave the event when the terrorists launched their surprise attack in the Negev Desert.
The worst attack on Israel in 50 years: How we got here
2005: Israel unilaterally withdraws from the Gaza Strip three decades after winning the territory from Egypt in the Six-Day War.
2006: The terrorist group Hamas wins Palestinian legislative elections.
2007: Hamas takes control of Gaza in a civil war.
2008: Israel launched a military offensive against Gaza after Palestinian terrorists fired rockets into the city of Sderot.
2023: Hamas launches its biggest attack on Israel in 50 years.
More than 700 Israelis have been killed, more than 2,150 injured and at least 100 taken hostage, with the death toll expected to rise after Hamas terrorists fired thousands of rockets and sent dozens of militants into Israeli cities.
Hamas terrorists are seen taking women hostage and parading them through the streets in a gruesome video.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced “We are at war” and promised Hamas would pay an “unprecedented price.”
Gaza health officials reported at least 300 Palestinians killed with 2,200 injured.
“He panicked a bit, and he said he was going to take the car now and go to a safe location. Then we stopped talking and I haven’t heard anything from him since then,” she said.
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