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<\/p>\nA GERMAN woman who had her naked body paraded around by Hamas terrorists in a horrifying display of war was a pacifist and peace activist.<\/p>\n
Shani Louk, 30, has not been accounted for since the horrifying footage of her body being spat on by militants sparked outrage around the globe.<\/p>\n
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The German-Israeli citizen was seized from a peace music festival near Gaza by armed militants during the\u00a0Saturday morning attack\u00a0which sparked a declaration of war from\u00a0Israel.<\/p>\n
And heartbreaking video of her dancing joyfully a few months before she went missing was released today.<\/p>\n
Her family said that the tattoo artist loved to dance and travel.<\/p>\n
Now her aunt has revealed Shani was a staunch advocate for peace and objected to military service in Israel.<\/p>\n
National military service is mandatory for all Israeli citizen over the age of 18, for a minimum of 32 months for men and 24 months for women.<\/p>\n Shani had refused to partake in the mandatory service and reportedly held firmly anti-war stances.<\/p>\n She had been attending the peace music festival in south Israel when Hamas launched their campaign of terror into Israel.<\/p>\n The festival was one of the first sites attacked when the Palestinian militant group Hamas stormed across the border on Saturday with paragliders and armed soldiers.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n A witness, Gili Yoskovich, described people "dying all around" as she stayed silent in a desperate attempt to escape the terror group's hail of bullets.<\/p>\n Shani's mother, Ricarda Louk, saw the harrowing footage of her daughter in the back of a Hamas truck but has yet to hear more from her.<\/p>\n Ricarda told\u00a0CNN: "The video looks very bad but I still have hope. I hope she's still alive somewhere.<\/p>\n "We don't have anything else to hope for. We're trying to believe."<\/p>\n When violence erupted in Israel on Saturday, Ricarda had desperately tried to make sure her daughter was safe.<\/p>\n She said: "I started calling her to see where she is, if she was near a secure location, and she said she was in a festival in the south and was panicking a little bit."<\/p>\n Ricarda's worries were increased after seeing videos of armed militants shooting anyone trying to reach their vehicles – which Shani told her mum she was doing.<\/p>\n No updates have been given on Shani's whereabouts, but cousin Tom Weintraub Louk said the family hasn't given up.<\/p>\n He spoke to\u00a0The Washington Post\u00a0about his cousin: "We have some kind of hope. Hamas is responsible for her and the others.<\/p>\n "We recognised her by the tattoos<\/span>, and she has long dreadlocks."<\/p>\n Hundreds of other attendees of the music festival remain missing, with many like Shani thought to have been kidnapped and taken into Gaza.<\/p>\n It comes as Israel has ordered a total blockade on bomb-blitzed Gaza after Hamas terrorists unleashed a bloodbath dubbed "Israel\u2019s 9\/11".<\/p>\n More than 1,200 people in\u00a0Israel\u00a0and Gaza have been killed since the Palestinian militant group stormed across the border on Saturday.<\/p>\n A deadly concoction of over 600 warplanes and 300 rocket launchers is being used to blitz the densely-populated Gaza Strip as Israel begins their "complete siege".<\/p>\n In the last 20 hours, Israeli officials have said they have dropped 2,000 munitions and 1,000 ton bombs on over 10,000 Hamas targets.<\/p>\n Now, Israel is planning to launch a coordinated ground offensive in the "next 48 hours", US officials reported.<\/p>\n Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has\u00a0vowed to reduce Gaza to \u201crubble\u201d\u00a0as he blitzes Hamas strongholds in revenge for Saturday's surprise attack.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/newspress-collage-24333095-1696840766088.jpg\")
<\/picture>PRAY FOR SHANI <\/span><\/p>\nI saw my daughter Shani Louk in horror Hamas vid but still hope she\u2019s alive<\/h3>\n
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<\/picture>DNA WONDER <\/span><\/p>\nWhat we know about Shani Warren – victim in infamous 'Lady in the Lake' murder<\/h3>\n
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<\/picture>UNDER SIEGE <\/span><\/p>\nIsrael launches biggest deployment as 300k called up for Gaza invasion<\/h3>\n
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<\/picture>new love <\/span><\/p>\nMAFS couple SPLIT and controversial groom has already moved on with someone new<\/h3>\n
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<\/picture>WASTELAND <\/span><\/p>\nHorror aftermath of Hamas festival attack that killed 260 – as deaths hit 1,000<\/h3>\n
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<\/picture>second’s out <\/span><\/p>\nStrictly shock as lowest scoring celeb avoids dance off & second star is axed<\/h3>\n
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