The fate of German-Israeli Shani Louk, who was kidnapped and murdered by Hamas at a music festival, caused international horror. Shani’s family mourns the young woman, but they cannot bury her, as her brother Amit explained in a TV interview.
Weeks after a gruesome video emerged of Shani showing Hamas terrorists transporting her unconscious and half-naked in the back of a pickup truck, one thing is certain: the 22-year-old was killed in the major attack by the radical Palestinians. A DNA test on fragments of a skull bone provided sad certainty.
The family must find another way to remember Shani
The victim’s parents, Amit and the other two siblings are now observing Shiva, the week-long mourning period customary in Judaism. But they cannot hold a funeral: “There are not enough fragments,” her brother explained in an interview with the TV channel Sky News. However, the family is determined to find another way to remember their loved ones.
The news of Shani’s death came as a shock to the family, but like his mother, he was also relieved because he now knew for sure what had happened to his sister. Many other families in Israel still do not know where their loved ones are or whether they would suffer.
The whole family collapsed
Amit was on the phone with his sister the morning of the attack on the Supernova Electronic Festival, which took place near the Gaza Strip. “She said, ‘We’re going now, don’t worry,’” he said. She then asked to flee Hamas in her car. It wasn’t until the video that he finally saw her again. “They just spit on her and treated her like she was nothing,” Amit says in shock. “I never thought I would see my sister in such a brutal situation,” he told the TV station. “At that moment the whole family collapsed.”
Brother: “There was no dark side to her”
He remembered what kind of person Shani was: “She loved music and tattoos. She was an artistic person by nature – in the way she spoke, moved and danced. There was no dark side to her, just a pure angel.”
Source: Krone
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