Shani Louk is still alive, mother reveals
Shani Louk is still alive, mother reveals
The 22-year-old German national's mother said she had received news that her daughter is in a hospital in Gaza.
The mother of Shani Louk, a 22-year-old German national believed to have been kidnapped by Hamas fighters during the militant group's surprise attack on Israel on Saturday, said on Tuesday that her daughter is alive.
Louk, a tattoo artist, was attending the Tribe of Nova music festival in the plains of the Negev Desert near Urim, close to the Gaza Strip, on Saturday when Hamas fighters stormed the event. She's believed to have been seized by the militants and paraded through the streets in the back of a pick-up.
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On Tuesday, Louk's family announced they had proof that Louk—who grew up in Israel—was alive. German news website Blick reported that her mother said she was in a hospital in Gaza with serious head injuries.
"We now have more information that Shani is alive," her mother told television channel NTV, adding she received the information from unnamed Palestinian sources.
The mother added that Louk is seriously injured, and asked the German government for help and quick action.
German news website Blick
It's a Swiss news website ... blick.ch
edit: they fixed it
Swiss German-language news website Blick
CNN was showing video coverage of the event where armed men (festival security? IDF?) were leading festivalgoers away at the start of the Hamas attack. There also appeared to be an armoured vehicle in the background.
I can't find the long form of the video that was shown, but the short form does show a vehicle with the Merkava's characteristic chain and ball design on the turret in the background. It's on CNN's YouTube page and I'll send it to people by request, but it's rather graphic so I'd rather not link it.
Good.
