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About Shani Louk
Shani Louk, was a 22-year-old Israeli-German whose kidnap video by Hamas terrorists reverberated around the world, was officially declared dead on October 30th.
Shani attended the Supernova music festival near Re’im on October 7 when Hamas terrorists stormed the rave, killing over 350 people and kidnapping many others.
Video circulated around the globe depicting an unconscious Shani lying in the back of a truck as Hamas terrorists paraded her around. For weeks her family clung to the hope that she was alive, and information circulated that she was being treated in a hospital in Gaza.
But on October 30 her family was informed that Shani's death had been confirmed after a part of her had been identified. On May 17, 2024, the IDF revealed that her body had been recovered by troops from Gaza and brought back to Israel for burial.
Quotes from her family:
“She loved music. She loved tattoos. She was an artistic person by nature,” he said. “In the way she was talking and the way she was moving. In the way she danced… There was no dark side, only pure angel.”
“She was a loving person with a huge heart, she had many friends,” Ricarda said. “She was an artist, she liked to travel, [learn new] languages, people all over the world, she loved to dance and music.”
“She was peace-loving and she had so much ahead of her. But she did live a good life, she was happy, and that’s the way we want to remember her.”
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