This Monday, the Israeli Foreign Ministry confirmed the death of Shani Louk, a 23-year-old German-Israeli girl, who was captured by Hamas militants during their attack on a music festival on October 7. In Israel.

Videos of Louk’s body in a van surrounded by Hamas members circulated around the world. Shani’s family said they recognized her by her tattoos and dreadlocks.

“We are devastated by the confirmation of the death” of Shani Louk, a German with Israeli nationality, the Israeli Foreign Ministry said on the social network X, formerly known as Twitter.

Authorities said the woman had suffered “unfathomable horrors.” Shani’s mother, Ricarda Louk, told German channel RTL on Monday that they had been informed of her daughter’s death.

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Ricarda Louk was born in Germany and moved to Israel thirty years ago.

“I’m happy. First of all, that this is over, that we know exactly what happened… Because I know where she is, she is not in some tunnel under Gaza, where we are shooting at them every minute and whole earth shakes and there is dust and dust. it is impossible to breathe,” he indicated to his father Nissim.

Israeli President Yitzchak Herzog announced that the young woman had been beheaded by “sadistic animals” after it was revealed that they had found the base of her skull.

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“I am very sorry to report that we have received news that the death of Shani Nicole Louk has been confirmed. His skull has been found,” Herzog said.

Israeli authorities reported that 270 people attending the music festival were killed in the attack by Hamas militants.

German authorities reported that several Germans, fewer than ten, were killed in the Hamas attack and that “a small number” in double figures were taken hostage.

More than 9,700 people have been killed as a result of increased hostilities between Israel and Hamas. (JO)