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.
