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<p>The Israeli military said on Friday (May 17) that it found the bodies of three Israeli hostages killed by Hamas during its unprecedented attack on October 7 last year. The hostages&nbsp;were identified&nbsp;as&nbsp;Shani Louk, 22,&nbsp;Amit Buskila, 28, and&nbsp;Itzhak Gelerenter, 56. Addressing a press conference, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesperson Daniel&nbsp;Hagari said the hostages&nbsp;were killed&nbsp;by Hamas while fleeing the Nova music festival.</p>

<p>At the same festival, hundreds of other people&nbsp;were killed&nbsp;by the Palestinian militant group. The IDF said that the bodies were found overnight, without elaborating, and did not give immediate details on where they&nbsp;were located.</p>

<p><strong>Also read |&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/israel-army-says-bodies-of-three-hostages-recovered-in-gaza-722617">Israeli military says bodies of three hostages 'murdered' by Hamas recovered in Gaza</a></strong></p>

<p>A report by the Times of Israel on Friday said that until recently, Buskila and Gelerenter&nbsp;were presumed&nbsp;to be alive, while&nbsp;Louk was confirmed dead in late October after&nbsp;a piece of her skull was identified.</p>

<h2><strong>Who was Shani Louk?</strong></h2>

<p>Louk was born in 2001 and was of Israeli and German descent. She worked as a tattoo artist&nbsp;and gone to&nbsp;attend&nbsp;the Nova music festival in southern Israel when Hamas militants attacked the event.</p>

<p>According to the Israeli foreign ministry, Louk&nbsp;was kidnapped at the festival and tortured and paraded around Gaza by the Palestinian militants. The ministry added that the 22-year-old experienced unfathomable horrors.</p>

<p><strong>Also watch&nbsp;Former Israeli Ambassador to India speaks to WION, says 'Rafah can wait, hostages can't'</strong></p>

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<p>A video of Hamas militants kidnapping Louk went viral on social media. The video appeared to show&nbsp;Louk&nbsp;unconscious on the back of a Hamas truck. Israeli authorities discovered her body in late October.</p>

<p>In a post on X, the foreign ministry said that it was devastated to share the news that&nbsp;Louk's&nbsp;body was&nbsp;found and identified.</p>

<h2><strong>'A&nbsp;beautiful, lively person'</strong></h2>

<p>Speaking to CNN,&nbsp;Louk's&nbsp;mother<strong>&nbsp;</strong>Ricarda&nbsp;said on October 31 last year that her daughter was a beautiful, lively person who&nbsp;enjoyed laughing and experiencing life. Ricarda&nbsp;said&nbsp;that the 22-year-old&nbsp;"was going to her car&nbsp;and&nbsp;they had military people standing by the cars and were shooting so people&nbsp;couldn’t&nbsp;reach their cars, even to go away. And&nbsp;that’s&nbsp;when they took her."</p>

<p>Ricarda also said she had hopes that her daughter would come back.&nbsp;“After the video, you saw&nbsp;that,&nbsp;it’s&nbsp;impossible to see if&nbsp;she’s&nbsp;alive or dead. It was&nbsp;very scary, and we were&nbsp;very worried,”&nbsp;she further told CNN.&nbsp;</p>

<p><em>(With inputs from agencies)</em></p>


The Israeli military said on Friday (May 17) that it found the bodies of three Israeli hostages killed by Hamas during its unprecedented attack on October 7 last year.

The Israeli military said on Friday (May 17) that it found the bodies of three Israeli hostages killed by Hamas during its unprecedented attack on October 7 last year. The hostages were identified as Shani Louk, 22, Amit Buskila, 28, and Itzhak Gelerenter, 56. Addressing a press conference, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesperson Daniel Hagari said the hostages were killed by Hamas while fleeing the Nova music festival. At the same festival, hundreds of other people were killed by the Palestinian militant group. The IDF said that the bodies were found overnight, without elaborating, and did not give immediate details on where they were located. Also read | Israeli military says bodies of three hostages 'murdered' by Hamas recovered in Gaza A report by the Times of Israel on Friday said that until recently, Buskila and Gelerenter were presumed to be alive, while Louk was confirmed dead in late October after a piece of her skull was identified. Who was Shani Louk? Louk was born in 2001 and was of Israeli and German descent. She worked as a tattoo artist and gone to attend the Nova music festival in southern Israel when Hamas militants attacked the event. According to the Israeli foreign ministry, Louk was kidnapped at the festival and tortured and paraded around Gaza by the Palestinian militants. The ministry added that the 22-year-old experienced unfathomable horrors. Also watch Former Israeli Ambassador to India speaks to WION, says 'Rafah can wait, hostages can't' × A video of Hamas militants kidnapping Louk went viral on social media. The video appeared to show Louk unconscious on the back of a Hamas truck. Israeli authorities discovered her body in late October. In a post on X, the foreign ministry said that it was devastated to share the news that Louk's body was found and identified. 'A beautiful, lively person' Speaking to CNN, Louk's mother Ricarda said on October 31 last year that her daughter was a beautiful, lively person who enjoyed laughing and experiencing life. Ricarda said that the 22-year-old "was going to her car and they had military people standing by the cars and were shooting so people couldn’t reach their cars, even to go away. And that’s when they took her." Ricarda also said she had hopes that her daughter would come back. “After the video, you saw that, it’s impossible to see if she’s alive or dead. It was very scary, and we were very worried,” she further told CNN. (With inputs from agencies)

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