Israel identifies body of Shani Luk, German-Israeli paraded on Hamas truck in infamous video

Israel identifies body of Shani Luk, whose body Hamas paraded on a truck in infamous video

Israel says it has officially identified the body of Shani Luk, a German-Israeli citizen who was kidnapped by Hamas and paraded unconcious on the back of a truck in infamous footage from the October 7 massacre.

Luk was among the attendees of a music festical near the Gaza border that Hamas assaulted on October 7. While footage showed her with mangled legs and apparently unconcious in the back of a pickup truck, her condition had not yet been confirmed.

"We are devastated to share that the body of 23 year old German-Israeli Shani Luk was found and identified," the Israeli government wrote on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.

"Shani who was kidnapped from a music festival and tortured and paraded around Gaza by Hamas terrorists, experienced unfathomable horrors," it added. "Our hearts are broken. May her memory be a blessing."

Louk was paraded through the streets of Gaza by Hamas terrorists after being taken from the music festival. People surrounding the vehicle shouted "Allahu Akbar" – which translates to God Is great – over her injured body and passersby spit on her as she lay motionless.