The mother of Shani Louk, a German Israeli woman who was beheaded by Hamas after terrorists paraded her through the streets of Gaza, said she found some relief in the fact that her daughter “did not suffer” and was likely killed in early October by Hamas. 7 attacks.
The 23-year-old tattoo artist became a symbol of the horror of Hamas’ surprise attack on a festival near Kibbutz Re’im after a video of his body being paraded through the streets of Gaza gained traction online.
Hours after the attack, a video of Louk’s lifeless body in the back of a truck surrounded by armed Hamas terrorists returned to his family, who recognized him immediately.
Her mother, Ricarda, initially thought her daughter had survived the attack and was unconscious as she was taken through the Gaza Strip.
Now, he says he believes Shani was killed the same day Hamas launched its surprise attack, possibly by being shot in the head.
Officials confirmed Louk’s death on Monday after his DNA matched a piece of the skull found. Instagram/hanukkk Louk was beheaded by Hamas, Israel’s president said Monday. Facebook/Avivit Nissan
“At least he didn’t suffer,” Ricarda Louk told German broadcaster RTL.
He said his daughter’s body has not yet been found, but fragments of skull bones were found and submitted for DNA testing that confirmed her death.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Monday confirmed that DNA found on the skull fragment matched Louk.
“This means that these barbaric and sadistic animals only cut off their heads when they attack, torture and kill Israelis,” Herzog told Germany’s Bild newspaper, according to a translation by i24 News.
“It is a great tragedy and my condolences to his family.”
Shani Louk
“What we see on the Gaza-Israel border goes far beyond pogroms. We saw a slaughterhouse,” he said.
“We saw blood flowing in the streets. We have seen the most horrific tragedy imaginable,” Herzog concluded.
Louk’s sister, Adi, also posted a broken heart emoji as she shared with “deep sadness” the news that her sister was killed in a “blood festival in Re’im.”
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Louk’s mother initially believed she survived the October 7 Hamas attack, but now hopes she doesn’t have to suffer. Getty Images
As the terrorists flooded the festival, Louk called his mother to tell her he was trying to get to his car to leave. A few hours later, Shani’s family came across disturbing footage of his seemingly lifeless body lying in the back of a pickup truck surrounded by armed men.
The gunmen chanted “Allahu Akbar” — Arabic for “God is Great” — as they paraded Shani’s body, eventually taking it to the Gaza Strip, the video showed.
Louk, a tattoo artist, has lived in Israel but spent part of his childhood in Portland, Oregon, where he attended kindergarten at the Portland Jewish Academy.
Louk is one of the hundreds of victims.Instagram/hanukkk
More than 260 were killed at the site of the Tribe of Nova dance show in the Negev Desert music festival, according to the Israeli rescue service Zaka.
As of Monday, at least 1,400 people in Israel have been killed while 8,005 in Gaza have been killed. Tens of thousands on both sides have been injured and displaced from their homes as the war approaches the one-month mark.
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