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☆ Tattoo artist Shani Louk became a symbol of the music festival massacre by Hamas. The IDF has finally recovered her body.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-18 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewThe Israel Defense Forces recovered three hostages' bodies from the Gaza Strip, the Israeli military announced on Friday. Shani Louk became a symbol of Hamas' October 7 terrorist incursion into Israel after photos and video footage of her body being abducted went viral. AdvertisementLouk's father, Nissim Louk, spoke of the "relief" of finally having secured the body of his 22-year-old daughter. Hamas militants drive back to the Gaza Strip with the body of Shani Louk. AdvertisementOn October 7 Hamas militants also seized 252 hostages in Israel; 129 hostages are still in captivity in the Gaza Strip, according to Israeli broadcaster Kan.

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☆ Shani Louk: Hamas victim's father defends award-winning photo of her body as 'symbol' of an era
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-30 | by ( Nathan Rennolds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. AP Photo/Ali MahmudThe decision to award the prize for Mahmud's photo received fierce backlash on social media and from some Jewish commentators. Israeli writer Hen Mazzig also took to X to hit out at the decision, saying that the image "dehumanizes" Louk. Advertisement"This is one of the most important photos in the last 50 years"But Louk's father, Nissim Louk, told Israeli news outlet Ynet that he was glad the photo won the award. This is one of the most important photos in the last 50 years.

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☆ Shani Louk's mother says they can't have a 'real funeral' for her daughter because they don't have her body
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Shani Louk's mother told CNN that she can't have a funeral for her daughter because "there is no body." Shani's semi-naked body was paraded by Hamas militants after they attacked Israel on October 7. On Tuesday, her mother, Ricarda Louk, said they can't have a proper funeral for her because they don't have her body. They need to be freed and they need to be freed as soon as possible," Louk told Cooper. Hamas has taken at least 224 hostages since it attacked Israel in October, according to the Israel Defense Forces.

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☆ Shani Louk's mother says 'at least she didn't suffer' after the 23-year-old was confirmed dead, weeks after she was last seen being paraded by Hamas through Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Shani Louk's mother says she now believes her daughter has been dead since October 7th. "At least she didn't suffer," Ricarda Louk told a German outlet. She said the Israeli military told her a skull fragment indicated that Shani died the day of the attack. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe mother of Shani Louk, a 23-year-old Israeli-German woman whose body was paraded by Hamas militants after their attack on October 7, confirmed her daughter was dead, but said, "at least she didn't suffer." But, Ricarda Louk told German TV outlet RTL/ntv on Monday that she now believes her daughter has been dead since the attack.

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☆ Shani Louk's grandma calls for her release from Gaza, breaks into tears: video
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

"If you need me, if I can get to her, please do everything you can," she told French broadcaster LCI. "If you need me, if I can get to her, please do everything you can," she told French broadcaster LCI. AdvertisementAdvertisementRicarda Louk told Bild that the last time she spoke to Shani, she was at the music festival. Shani Louk and her partner are still missing. AdvertisementAdvertisementNeither Israeli, German, nor Palestinian officials have confirmed Shani Louk's whereabouts, or whether she is still alive.

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☆ Shani Louk's mother believes her daughter, whose body was paraded on a Hamas truck, is still alive
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Rebecca Cohen | Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Shani Louk's mother told Bild on Tuesday that she believes her daughter is still alive. Israeli, German, nor Palestinian officials have confirmed Shani Louk's location or whether she's alive. Shani Louk's mother said she received information leading her to believe that her daughter is still alive. Neither Israeli, German, nor Palestinian officials have confirmed Shani Louk's whereabouts or whether or not she is alive. Ricarda Louk told Bild that when she last spoke to Shani Louk, she encouraged her 22-year-old daughter to take cover in a nearby shelter.

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☆ Shani Louk's mother said she found out her daughter was kidnapped by Hamas from video circulating on social media
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Rebecca Cohen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Shani Louk's mother found out that her daughter was missing because of a social media video. Shani Louk was at the festival in the south of Israel where Hamas killed at least 260 people. AdvertisementAdvertisementRicarda Louk didn't know her daughter, Shani Louk, was kidnapped by Hamas militants in Israel until she saw a video of the attack on social media, she told CNN's Anderson Cooper. "We stopped talking, and since then I didn't hear anything from her anymore and then she wasn't responding on her phone," Ricarda Louk told Cooper. It wasn't until a few hours later that Ricarda Louk saw her daughter in a disturbing video online.

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☆ Shani Louk, whose naked body was paraded by Hamas fighters, was also possibly robbed. Her credit card was used in Gaza, report says.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-08 | by ( Julian Kossoff | Nathan Rennolds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A video showed Shani Louk's naked body being paraded through Gaza on the back of a Hamas truck. Her family told Der Spiegel that Louk's bank said her credit card had been used in Gaza. More than 600 Israelis have died and over 100 have been captured by Hamas, Israel says. AdvertisementAdvertisementShani Louk, the young woman whose naked body was seen in the back of a pick-up truck driven by Hamas fighters through Gaza, may have also been robbed, a report suggests. A third video appears to show the capture of another young woman.

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