The 22-year-old German was identified by family members as the woman seen lying face-down in a truck after a Hamas attack on a music festival.
A video showing a woman dancing at a music festival near the Gaza-Israel border before she was taken by Hamas militants has gone viral on social media.The outdoor Tribe of Nova festival was among the first targets of Hamas fighters as they launched an unprecedented attack in the early hours of Saturday morning.Graphic footage circulated on social media showed a nearly naked woman lying face-down in the bed of a pick-up truck with four militants, apparently being paraded through the streets.
She added that the family have 'some kind of hope' that she is alive.Louk's aunt, Orly Louk, told the German newspaper Der Spiegel that her niece had grown up in Israel, but was a globetrotter who never stayed in one place for too long.She was a pacifist, her aunt said, and refused to take up the military service that is mandatory for Israelis. Her German passport had helped her, she added.
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