The IDF recovered the bodies of three Israeli hostages taken to Gaza, including 22-year-old tattoo artist Shani Louk.
The Israel Defense Forces recovered three hostages‘ bodies from the Gaza Strip, the Israeli military announced on Friday.
In a press briefing, Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, IDF spokesperson, said, „It is with a heavy heart that I share the news that last night the Israel Defense Forces and ISA forces rescued the bodies of our hostages: Shani Louk, Amit Buskila and Yitzchak Gleren-ter.“
Shani Louk became a symbol of Hamas‘ October 7 terrorist incursion into Israel after photos and video footage of her body being abducted went viral.
Hamas militants killed the three hostages on October 7 as they tried to flee the Nova Music Festival massacre, and their bodies were taken into Gaza.
Louk’s father, Nissim Louk, spoke of the „relief“ of finally having secured the body of his 22-year-old daughter.
