The body of Israeli-German citizen Shani Louk was found and retrieved by the IDF, the military announced on Friday.
Louk is well known for appearing in a video of Hamas soldiers sitting in the back of a pickup truck over her mangled body, and parading it around Gaza
In the beginning of the war, there was doubt cast whether Louk could have survived her injuries and was being held in captivity and treated in Gaza, but this was debunked when forensic examiners found a piece of her skull that is impossible to live with out.
Louk was attending the Supernova music festival near Reim on October 7 when Hamas terrorists launched their assault, killing over 260 civilians at the festival.
Louk’s boyfriend, Mexican national Orión Hernández Radoux, is also believed to have been kidnapped by Hamas terrorists in the assault. Texts in Arabic were sent from his phone after the attack.
Gelernter’s body was recovered alongside Itzik Gelernter’s and Amit Buskila‘s.
The family of Shani Louk
Nissim Louk, Shani’s father, told Haaretz his daughter “radiated light, to her and those who surrounded her, and in her death she still does”.
“She is a symbol of the people of Israel, between light and darkness. Her inner and outer beauty that shone for all the world to see is a special one.”
He said: “The tormented soul knows that there is a hole in the heart somewhere in Gaza. Today we got a final answer.”
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