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Shani Louk is still alive, mother reveals

www.newsweek.com 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.

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While I'm glad some good news came out of this, can we maybe focus on the 1,600 other people that are missing or died during the Hamas attack? News media has this obsession over reporting on young white females in peril.

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Damn that really is surprising. I'm glad that she's alive. Hope that she can return home safe.

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So she is in a Gazan Hospital. The same Gazan hospitals that Israeli bombing has now overwhelmed and whose blockade is preventing humanitarian aid from entering. Hey maybe the UN was right in calling out that a total siege is illegal.

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I feel like if Hamas knows what's good for them, they'll return any foreign nationals they have ASAP.

Beef with Israel is one thing, but "accidentally" kidnapping people from foreign countries you ostensibly want sympathy for is a bad move.

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Hope she's really alive, but her life will never be the same after these horrible events :(

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German news website Blick

It's a Swiss news website ... blick.ch

edit: they fixed it

Swiss German-language news website Blick

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She looked pretty dead to me...

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I hope she is. The way her leg and arm looked in the video was disturbing to say the least.

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in a hospital in Gaza

Somebody get her somewhere safe before Israel destroys that hospital

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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.

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Good.

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This is a big doubt. "Unnamed Palestinian sources" = Hamas propagandism.

We have all seen the video where Hamas proudly showcases her mangled lifeless body.

Wishful thinking from that poor mom who is being used to turn the narrative for Hamas when they realized Shani Louk was a german citizen.

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Wait. So everyone saying she was raped and paraded around naked and dead were lying? I can’t believe Liberal media anymore.

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