(19 May 2024)
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Srigim, Israel – 19 May 2024
1. Coffin of hostage Shani Louk carried into funeral
2. Pan from Louk’s father Nissim and other family members to coffin
3. Mourners writing on coffin
4. Louk’s grandmother crying
5. Louk’s mother, Rikki Louk approaching microphone
6. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) Rikki Louk, mother of German-Israeli hostage Shani Louk who was killed by Hamas:
"We are really thanking the army and the soldiers who manged to take her out of there. Although we said that we didn’t want any soldier to risk his life for her body, we still received a gift and no one was injured in this operation, so thank you."
7. Rikki Louk sitting with her children and husband, Nissim
8. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) Nissim Louk, father of German-Israeli hostage Shani Louk who was killed by Hamas:
"Shani In your death you became an icon, you appeared in all the world’s newspapers and on all the television networks, in the news, on social media and you’re like an angel in front of pure evil. The light and the darkness. The picture of Shani on one side, that is the light, and on the other side the darkness, those terrorists that took her. As good versus evil, and I constantly try to spread your light".
9. Various of Louk’sfriends singing song she wrote
10. Pan of funeral
11. Louk’s father and brothers reciting the prayer for the dead
STORYLINE:
Hundreds of mourners attended the funeral on Sunday of a German-Israeli hostage who was killed by Hamas.
On Friday, the Israeli military said its troops in Gaza found the bodies of three Israeli hostages killed by Hamas during its Oct. 7 attack, including 22-year-old Shani Louk.
A photo of Louk’s twisted body in the back of a pickup truck ricocheted around the world and brought to light the scale of the militants’ attack on communities in southern Israel.
The military identified the other two bodies as those of a 28-year-old woman, Amit Buskila, and a 56-year-old man, Itzhak Gelerenter. All three were killed by Hamas while fleeing the Nova music festival, an outdoor dance party near the Gaza border, where militants killed hundreds of people.
On Saturday the army announced the discovery of the body of a fourth hostage, 53-year-old Ron Benjamin.
The Hamas Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel killed 1,200 people and took 250 others hostage. Israel says around 100 hostages are still captive in Gaza, along with the bodies of around 30 more. The Israeli offensive has killed more than 35,000 Palestinians in Gaza, local health officials say.
AP Video shot by Alon Bernstein
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