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A German-Israeli woman who was seized by Hamas from a music festival on October 7 and paraded around Gaza by the Palestinian militant group is dead, the Israeli government said. “I am really sorry to report that we have now received news that Shani Nicole Louk has been confirmed murdered and dead,” Israeli President Isaac Herzog told Germany’s Bild newspaper. “What we saw on the Gaza-Israel border goes far beyond a pogrom. We saw a slaughterhouse.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, whose government has staunchly supported Israel as it mounted an offensive against Gaza in retaliation, said Hamas had to be held accountable. “For me, this news is terrible,” Scholz said during an official visit to Nigeria. “This shows all the barbarism that lies behind Hamas.” Hamas has not commented on Louk’s fate. The circumstances of her death were not immediately clear.
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