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The German Shani Louk, who has been missing since the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel, is dead, according to her mother. The Israeli military told her this, she told German media.
The German Shani Louk, who was kidnapped by Hamas terrorists, is apparently dead. “Unfortunately, we received the news yesterday that my daughter is no longer alive,” said mother Ricarda Louk to the dpa news agency and RTL/ntv. The Israeli military told her this. There is no official confirmation yet.
Her daughter’s body has not yet been found, said Ricarda Louk. However, a sliver of a skull bone was found and a DNA sample was taken from it. The parents had provided the necessary comparison material a long time ago. The mother assumes that her daughter has been dead since October 7th – she may have been killed by a shot in the skull during the terrorist attack.
Abducted at a music festival
Louk was one of the hostages taken by Hamas at a music festival near the Gaza Strip. A little later, a video of the terrorists circulated on the Internet that showed the young woman lying on her stomach on a pickup truck.
Louk’s mother had recently said that she had no idea where her daughter was being held in the Gaza Strip. She may have been treated in a hospital in the Gaza Strip.
More than 1,400 people were killed in the Hamas massacre on October 7 and the following days. More than 200 people were kidnapped into the Gaza Strip, including several Germans. The Foreign Office continues to speak of a total of eight missing cases of German citizens, although one case could also include several family members. The government does not give the exact number.