The mother of German tattoo artist Shani Luk, who was believed to have been killed by Hamas militants in a brutal attack on an Israeli music festival on Saturday, has claimed she has received word from Palestine that her daughter is still alive.
The shocking revelation, if true, offers a glimmer of hope for a desperate family who had to watch videos of an unconscious and partially naked Shani being paraded through the streets in the back of a pick-up truck by Hamas terrorists as onlookers spat on his motionless body. .
Shani’s mother, Ricarda Luk, told the German newspaper Bild:“We now have evidence that Shani is alive but has a serious head injury and is in critical condition. Every minute is critical.
“You must act quickly and get Shani out of the Gaza Strip.” He announced in a message addressed to German officials. We should not argue about jurisdiction now.’
Shani, 22, is German but grew up in Israel and was one of hundreds of unsuspecting partygoers at the Nova festival, where Hamas massacred some 260 civilians.
Earlier videos showed Shani dancing with a group of other revelers while smiling broadly for the camera, a far cry from the harrowing footage that later emerged showing her captors happily taking her away as a trophy :
22-year-old Shani Luk (pictured) was participating in a peace music festival when she was captured by Hamas terrorists who stormed the event and massacred 260 Israeli revelers in an attack on Israel.
Shocking footage shared on social media shows Palestinian fighters parading Shani’s partially naked body in the back of a pickup truck.
His family, who desperately hope Shani is still alive despite the footage of his body, said he was a pacifist and peace campaigner known for his involvement in organizing music festivals.
The video shows a smiling Shani, who loved to travel according to his family, dancing at a music festival moments before he was captured by terrorists.
Shani’s mother, Ricarda, keeps a picture of her daughter on her cell phone with an emotional video appeal, asking for help to find out what happened to her daughter.
Shani, who grew up in Israel but held a German passport, was a peace campaigner and conscientious objector, his aunt Orli Luk told the German newspaper. Der Spiegel.
Orly said Shani refused military service, which is mandatory for Israelis, because of his pacifist views, adding that his German passport helped him.
It comes as Shani’s mother Ricardo posted a heartbreaking video asking for help to find out what happened to her daughter.
Holding a picture of Shani on her cell phone, Ricardo said Sunday. “This morning, my daughter Shani Nicole Luk, a German citizen, was kidnapped with a group of tourists in the south of Israel by the Palestinian Hamas.
“They sent us a video in which I clearly saw our daughter unconscious in a car with Palestinians driving through the Gaza Strip.
‘I beg you to send us any help or news. Thank you very much.’
Hamas claimed the body was that of a female Israeli soldier, but Shani was confirmed by her cousin Tomasina Weintraub-Luke, who told MailOnline that the family recognized her by the distinctive tattoos on her legs and her hair.
He said. “We haven’t heard anything. We hope for positive news. It is definitely Shani.
“He was at a music festival for peace. This is a nightmare for our family.”
Tomasina said she and other family members tried desperately to contact Shani, as well as her Mexican boyfriend, but they were unable to get through.
“We knew he was at a party, he didn’t respond,” Tomasina said.
Her parents say they haven’t heard from their daughter since a phone call early Saturday morning shortly after the first Hamas rockets were fired.
But his family said they have since received information from their bank that Shani’s credit card was used in Gaza.
Shani, who grew up in Israel but held a German passport, had refused mandatory military service for Israelis because of his views.
A German tattoo artist named Shani Luk, who is in his 20s, was in Israel to participate in the peace rave.
Palestinian fighters are seen cheering and walking away as Shani’s body lies motionless in the back of a truck.
The tragedy came as Palestinian militants launched their worst offensive in 50 years on Saturday, with unprecedented land, sea and air attacks, even using gallows to avoid detection.
In a coordinated, multi-pronged attack, Palestinian terrorists crossed into Israel from the Gaza Strip, capturing settlements and capturing and killing civilians celebrating the Jewish holiday.
Dozens are feared to have been abducted from the streets and returned to Gaza or simply killed on the spot.
A music festival Shani was attending was one of the first venues to be attacked by the terrorist group, killing 260 revelers.
Survivors described how the gunmen went “tree by tree” executing the victims.
Videos posted on social media showed revelers forced to hide under bushes and record goodbye messages to their loved ones as they watched the victims being killed one by one.
Many lay motionless in terror for more than five hours before they heard the voice of armed rescuers speaking in Hebrew.
The Palestinian terror group stormed the Nova festival, which was taking place near Kibbutz Reim near the Gaza Strip, as part of its surprise attack that began on Saturday.
This morning, horrifying CCTV footage of the incident showed gunmen executing civilians as they lay in the sand before picking pockets and emptying bags from their cars.
Palestinian militants swing their weapons as they drive through Israeli territory in trucks
Israeli civilians and soldiers were taken off the streets and returned to Gaza
In a second video widely shared on social media, a woman screams “Don’t kill me!” A gunman is seen riding a motorcycle.
He has since been identified as Noah Argamani, a 25-year-old student who was caught at the same outdoor peace festival he attended with his friend near the border.
Ester Borochov, who escaped from a delirium, says she survived by playing dead in a car after the driver who tried to help her escape was shot dead by a bullet.
Dead bodies of Israeli civilians are strewn on the streets of the southern Israeli town of Sderot, near the Gaza Strip, surrounded by broken glass. The bodies of a woman and a man were spread on the front seats of the car.
“I went out, saw the corpses of terrorists, civilians, loads of cars. A sea of bodies, inside Sderot along the road, other places, loads of bodies,’ said Shlomi from Sderot.
Terrified Israelis, barricaded in safe rooms, spoke live on the phone about their plight.
Other footage shows captured soldiers and civilians, some of whom have been killed, parading through the streets of Gaza.