The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed the death of German citizen 23-year-old Shani Luk. She was kidnapped during a terrorist attack on participants in a music festival.
A video of her, in which the mother identified her daughter, spread around the world:
The girl was considered missing, now her body has been identified. writes dw. The Israeli Foreign Ministry reported this on October 30 on the social network X. Although after the video with the militants, the mother was informed that her daughter was allegedly alive and in Gaza. Earlier this month, German media reported unconfirmed information that Luk was in the enclave hospital with serious injuries. Looks like it was a lie writes The Times of Israel:
The Look family confirmed the fact of her death – her sister wrote on Instagram that she was reporting with “great sadness” about Shani’s death, and the girl’s mother, Ricarda Look, confirmed in a conversation with reporters:
“Unfortunately, yesterday we received the news that my daughter is no longer alive.”
The mother speculates that her daughter has been dead since October 7 after all – possibly shot in the head during a Hamas attack. The Israeli military informed her mother about Shani’s death, dpa agency writes.
More than 200 people were killed at the Israeli Nature Party festival near the borders of the Gaza Strip. reported our publication. A famous former football player was also identified among the bodies. In the early days of the offensive, Hamas militants released a video showing Shani Luk lying half-naked and beaten face down in the back of a car. It is clear that her arms and legs are broken and there is a wound on her head.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called the death of a German citizen who was captured by Hamas militants terrible. writes “European truth”. He wrote in X:
“Like many others, she was brutally murdered. This demonstrates the barbarity of the attack by Hamas militants, who must be brought to justice. This is terror, and Israel has the right to defend itself.”
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