The mother of Shani Louk, the 22-year-old German-Israeli kidnapped by Hamas and recognized in a video in which the terrorists carried her defenseless and half-naked in a jeep, told Dpa that her daughter’s body has not yet been found, but that a fragment skull bone was recovered and a DNA sample was taken from it. The parents had already provided the necessary comparison material some time ago. The mother assumes that her daughter died on October 7th, the day of the attack.
Shani Louk may have died from a blow to the head during the attack. The German Foreign Ministry reported a total of eight “cases” of German citizens missing and presumed to be in the hands of Hamas. A “case” can also include multiple family members. For security reasons, the ministry does not provide the exact number of German hostages.
“Unfortunately yesterday we received the news that my daughter is no longer alive.” Then Shani Louk’s mother told Rtl. The information is from Bild, which also cites confirmation from the young woman’s sister. In recent weeks, it emerged that Shani was still alive but “severely injured” in a hospital in Gaza. The family made several appeals to the German government for help.
Source: IL Tempo
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