The tragic fate of the German female hostage held captive by Hamas.

Shani Louk in a photo from her Instagram post (Photo: Instagram).

According to a related source, Louk was confirmed dead after forensic examination found a bone fragment from her skull. DNA testing confirmed the bone fragment belonged to Louk.

A terrifying moment

A music festival in southern Israel turned into a tragedy when Hamas gunmen stormed in, attacking and killing at least 260 people and taking many others hostage.

Shani, a tattoo artist, was also present at this outdoor music event, which took place on farmland about 3km from the Israel-Gaza border on October 7th.

According to the plan, this was an all-night music party to celebrate Sukkot (the Jewish holiday of Tabernacles).

But at around 6:30 p.m., festival-goers began hearing air raid sirens and rocket fire. About 30 minutes later, hundreds of festival-goers scrambled to flee as Hamas members stormed the event area and fired at them.

The attack on the music festival was one of several initial raids by the Hamas militant group in its campaign of ground, air, and sea attacks on Israeli territory on October 7th.

Immediately after the attack, images began circulating online of a young woman lying face down and nearly naked behind a pickup truck filled with armed men in Gaza.

Shani's family said they recognized her in the video because of her curly hair and distinctive tattoos. It seems that at the time, the girl was no longer alive, but her family still held onto hope.

Ricarda holds up a photo of her daughter Shani (left) and a picture of Shani from the internet (Image: X Network).

Earlier this month, German media reported unconfirmed information that Louk was in a local hospital with serious injuries. At the time, Nissim, Shani's father, told Channel 13 that he was happy to hear the news because she was still alive.

"I'm happy. First of all, this is over and we know exactly what happened... Because I know where she is, she's not in some tunnel under Gaza," he said.

But on the evening of October 29th, Louk's family received a letter from Israel's ZAKA rescue service informing them that they had found a bone fragment from the base of her skull that had been identified as hers. "At least she's no longer in pain," her mother expressed tearfully.

However, her body is still in Gaza. The mother said the family is observing Shiva – a week-long traditional Jewish mourning period – but cannot hold a funeral at this time because they have only received some of Shani's remains.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/the-gioi/so-phan-bi-tham-cua-nu-con-tin-nguoi-duc-bi-hamas-bat-giu-20231031153112647.htm