The chilling details surrounding the brutal murder of Shani Louk, a young Israeli-German woman, by Hamas, have been revealed, shedding light on the terror she may have experienced in her final moments.
Shani's lifeless body was seen in footage that sent shockwaves around the globe, showing her twisted form in the back of a pickup truck, surrounded by cheering members of Hamas during their savage attack on October 7. Numerous accounts of Hamas' brutality on that day have surfaced, including tales of torture and sexual violence.
Nissim Louk, Shani's father, has found some solace in the knowledge that his daughter did not endure torture at the hands of Hamas. Nissim shared that Shani thought she had witnessed a car crash up ahead, rather than the unfolding Hamas assault.
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Nissim Louk said his 22-year-old daughter had been dancing with her friends at the Nova electronic festival near Kibbutz Reim on October 7 (N12)
Israelis and Shani's family appealed to find her after the Hamas attack, but she was confirmed dead three weeks later (No credit)She made a distress call to emergency services, which was later played to Nissim. In the call, she reported seeing injured individuals on the ground and a pile-up of vehicles. It is believed that as Shani attempted to leave the scene, she was met with more terrorists who shot and killed her.
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"I'm sure she felt terror for 20 seconds and a few seconds earlier she thought it was simply a car accident," Nissim told The Telegraph. "It's important for me to know she did not suffer."
Nissim Louk and Ricarda Louk attend the funeral service for their daughter Shani Louk during her funeral service on May 19, 2024 in Srigim-Li On, Israel (Getty Images)On the day of the Hamas attack, Nissim was at home with his family just outside Jerusalem. Shani, his youngest daughter, had spent most of the year journeying across Europe to attend various music festivals.
In an early hours phone call that morning, she had informed her dad that she was in southern Israel and intended to drive back to Tel Aviv after the initial air raid sirens had gone off. It wasn't until her ex-boyfriend shared a photo revealing her lifeless form, sprawled face-down, semi-clothed in a moving pickup truck surrounded by armed men, that Nissim realised his daughter had been at the now notorious Nova festival.
Instantly recognising Shani's distinctive dreadlocks and tats, Nissim was unclear about her fate. He remembered telling himself: "We didn't see any blood on that white truck so we thought, maybe she's ok."
This month, local authorities announced that Shani's body was one of three found in Gaza. Shani, who was 22, was identified alongside Amit Buskila, aged 28, and a male in his mid-fifties, Itzhak Gelerenter.
Shani made a call to emergency services that was played to Nissim Louk, her father (Instagram)The trio were murdered by Hamas whilst escaping from the Nova music festival, a popular open-air dance party near the Gaza border, where numerous folks lost their lives to the militants, as revealed by Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari during a press briefing. A grand total of 360 individuals perished at the festival.
The military has reported the discovery of bodies overnight, without providing further details or their location. Israel has been active in Rafah, a southern city in the Gaza Strip, where it believes hostages are being held.
In the attack on October 7, militants led by Hamas killed approximately 1,200 people, primarily civilians, and kidnapped about 250 others. Since then, around half of these hostages have been released, mostly in exchange for Palestinian prisoners held by Israel during a week-long ceasefire in November.
Israel estimates that about 100 hostages remain captive in Gaza, along with the bodies of roughly 30 more. The conflict in Gaza since the attack has resulted in the deaths of over 35,000 Palestinians, as per Gaza health officials.
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