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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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☆ Kfar Aza: Children, women, elderly 'butchered' in Hamas attacks on border communities, IDF says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Muhammad Darwish Nic Robertson Artemis Moshtaghian Amir Tal Ivana Kottasová Sana Noor Haq | Muhammad Darwish | Nic Robertson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +19 min

Among those killed in Kfar Aza were children, women and elderly, the IDF said. Kfar Aza is one of the several kibbutzim, small farming enclaves, that bore the brunt of Hamas’ ground assault on Saturday. A number of kibbutzim and towns were targeted in the first wave of Hamas’ assault, including Kfar Aza, Be’eri, Ofakim, Sderot, Yad Mordechai, Yated, Kissufim and Urim. Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images Israeli soldiers take position in Kfar Aza near the border with Gaza on October 10. But I never thought I would see…things like that,” he said about the scene in Kfar Aza.

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☆ Father of 2 women at Israeli music festival said he doesn't know where they are, fears they are 'lying in a ditch' in Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Two women who attended Israel's Nova festival are missing. Their father said he fears they have been raped or left in a ditch in Gaza. About 260 bodies were recovered from the grounds of the Nova music festival, an NGO said. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe distressed father of two women who have gone missing after attending the Nova music festival in southern Israel said that he fears his children may have been dumped in a ditch somewhere in Gaza. About 260 bodies were recovered from the grounds of the Nova music festival, said a spokesperson for ZAKA, an Israeli NGO rescue and recovery organization, according to multiple media outlets.

Persons: —, Uri David, David Organizations: Israel's, Nova, Service, Israel Defense Forces Locations: Gaza, Israel, Urim, Israeli

☆ The mother of tattoo artist Shani Louk who was paraded semi-naked on a Hamas truck makes a public plea for more information
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-08 | by ( Lindsay Dodgson | Nathan Rennolds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The mother of a woman whose body was paraded through the streets has pleaded for help finding her. A video showed the semi-naked German tattoo artist Shani Louk on the back of a pickup truck. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe mother of a woman whose body was paraded through the streets by Hamas has pleaded for help finding her daughter. A video showing German tattoo artist Shani Louk on the back of a pickup truck circulated on social media after the Palestinian militant group Hamas attacked Israel on October 7. "This morning my daughter Shani Louk, a German citizen who was with a tourist group in the south of Israel, was kidnapped by Palestinian Hamas.

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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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Here’s what we know about some of the Israeli hostages taken by Hamas. Noa Argamani, an Israeli woman, who was kidnapped by Hamas militants with her boyfriend. Another Israeli father told CNN he suspects his wife and young daughters may have been abducted while visiting Nir Oz. “They have been secured in safe places and resistance tunnels.”Video geolocated and authenticated by CNN shows at least one Israeli soldier being taken prisoner. A second video, taken afterward, shows a number of different armed men around the tank.

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