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TEL AVIV — Israeli officials on Friday announced their forces in Gaza had recovered the bodies of three revelers killed by Hamas attackers near the Supernova, or Nova, music festival on Oct. 7.
According to Israel Defense Forces spokesman Daniel Hagari the three — Shani Louk, 23, Amit Buskila, 28, and Itzik Gelenter, 57 — ran away from the festival, but were killed after Hamas terrorists chased them. Their bodies were later taken to Gaza.
“No father would want to hear this news,” Shani Louk’s father, Nissim Louk, said in a statement. “We knew that she was murdered. Today the army officers came to our house and told us the news. They showed us pictures of Shani who still looked great.”
“Her happy life was cut short. She was a special person,” he added.
The three bodies were found together in a tunnel during a military operation Gaza on Thursday, Hagari said.
A photo of Shani’s mutilated body lying in the back of a pickup truck soon after the attack shocked many in Israel and around the world, and brought home the brutality of the Hamas attack. Weeks later, a portion of her body was found and she was declared dead.
Hagari would not specify where in Gaza the bodies were found, said the forces used information garnered during the interrogation of captured Hamas fighters to locate the hostages.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he was “heartbroken for the great loss.”
“We will return all our hostages,” said Netanyahu, who has come under intense pressure from families of hostages desperate for the return of their loved ones. More than 130 out of 250 taken during Hamas’ multi-pronged surprise terror attack remain missing and presumed in Gaza, although it is not known how many are still alive.
“I congratulate our brave forces who, with determined action, returned boys and girls to their border,” Netanyahu added.
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