The mother of a woman whose body was paraded through the streets by Hamas has pleaded for help finding her daughter.

A video showing German tattoo artist Shani Louk on the back of a pickup truck circulated on social media after the Palestinian militant group Hamas attacked Israel on October 7.

Louk had been attending an outdoor “Festival for Peace” party near Kibbutz Urim when the area was targeted. First, rockets were launched, then gunmen and appeared and shot into the crowd, CNN reported. Party attendees told the outlet people immediately started to flee, passing dead bodies on the ground as they tried to escape the massacre.

The attack and resulting conflict has left hundreds of Israelis and Palestinians dead, with Israel’s prime minister declaring war.

A video of a young woman with dreadlocks on the back of a pickup truck and surrounded by Hamas soldiers started circulating on social media shortly after the attack. In it, she appears stripped to her underwear, and her legs are bent at unnatural angles, while one soldier grabs her hair. People are also seen spitting on her body.

  • bdonvr@thelemmy.club
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    1 year ago

    That’s entirely fair. In any case though “a festival for peace” and an all night dance festival on a holiday still suggest hugely different things no matter how you dice it.

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      1 year ago

      Ok u win. I didn’t want to admit it, but I guess because it wasnt a festival for peace it’s no big deal

      Any theories on why ppl are getting all upset about this?

      Maybe they havent heard you explain that it wasnt quite a festival for peace they attacked but a slightly different kind of festival?