The 22-year-old Israeli woman who was killed by Hamas and marched half-naked in the Gaza Strip on October 7 has been buried in Israel – days after her remains were found in the Palestinian territory.
Shani Louk was buried in a ceremony in the Israeli town of Srigim on Sunday, and hundreds of mourners came to pay their respects, according to the Telegraph.
Louk was one of more than 360 civilians murdered when Hamas terrorists descended on the Nova music festival in southern Israel and began indiscriminately shooting or taking attendees hostage.
“I want your forgiveness. We didn’t understand how dangerous it was for you to go,” his father, Nissim Louk, said at the funeral. “We didn’t realize how serious the risk would be.”
“As a father, I failed to protect you. Forgive me.”
In the chaotic aftermath of the October 7 massacre – in which more than 1,200 people were killed in Israel – a photo of Louk’s body, stripped of his clothes and thrown face down into a van full of Hamas terrorists, was released. published.
The brutality of the photo instantly became a symbol of the horror of the day.
“In your death, you became a symbol,” said his father. “You were the light in the darkness of this terror,” he said.
Louk’s body was returned to his family on Friday after it was found in Rafah by Israel Defense Forces troops carrying out operations against Hamas terrorists.
“I didn’t think we would ever see her body,” her mother Ricarda Louk said at the funeral, calling the return of her remains a “small gift” and adding that her daughter lived an “intense life with all her heart.” . »
Louk, who also had German citizenship, was a tattoo artist with a keen sense of humor and great creativity, her family said.
“I am proud to have been able to receive your energy, your common sense,” said his brother Amit, who helped carry his coffin during the ceremony.
“I was always jealous of the amount of energy you had. You have always given me strength. I will never stop missing you, sitting with you, talking to you, partying with you,” he said.
“There is no day that I do not see the sun and see you, no day that I do not hear the birds singing and think of you.”
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