Shani Louk, 23-year-old kidnapped by Hamas from music festival, declared dead, Israel says

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Shani Louk, 23-year-old kidnapped from music festival, found dead, Israel says | CNN
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A 23-year-old German-Israeli woman who was kidnapped from the Nova music festival by Hamas militants on October 7 has been declared dead, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said.

“We are devastated to share that the body of 23 year old German-Israeli Shani (Louk) was found and identified,” the ministry posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Monday.

A source involved with her identification told CNN Louk’s death was announced after forensic examiners found a bone fragment from her skull.

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the footage of her being paraded through the streets of gaza is certainly one of the more disturbing videos

I'm confused. Is she not the person in the video where Hamas militants were sitting on a body in the bed of a pickup while people spat on it and slapped it? Or is that a different hostage?

Well, at least it is now sure, that she was dead already at the time when her body was paraded around. Her mother said in an interview that she must have been one of the first that got killed with a headshot…