Israeli ground forces are attacking Hamas terrorists and their infrastructure in northern Gaza as warplanes strike across the sealed-off territory.
Under Gaza are hundreds of interconnected tunnels and bunkers built by radical Islamic terrorists to hide their weapons, supplies, and hostages. In one such tunnel, Israeli soldiers discovered a gruesome scene on Sunday: The decapitated skull of Shani Louk, a young German-Israeli woman who was abducted from the music festival that was attacked by Hamas on October 7.
Footage from that day showed Louk being paraded through the streets of Gaza with signs that she’d been violently raped.
Israeli Defense Forces believed she was later executed and beheaded by the Islamic terrorists and her headless corpse was again paraded for the Palestinians. DNA testing confirmed her skull fragments were found where she was executed.
“I am truly sorry to report that we have now received news that Shani Nicole Louk has been confirmed murdered and dead,” Israeli President Isaac Herzog told the German newspaper Bild.
“Her skull was found,” Herzog said. “This means that these barbaric, sadistic animals simply chopped off her head as they attacked, tortured, and killed Israelis. It is a great tragedy and I extend my deepest condolences to her family.”
The Skull Fragment following its Discovery by Israeli Forces was turned over to ZAKA Rescue Services who conducted DNA Testing which matched the Fragment to the Base of Shani’s Skull which was determined to be caused by a Fatal Gunshot Wound to the Head; Shani’s Family in Germany…
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected calls for a cease-fire and again vowed to crush the militant group’s ability to govern Gaza or attack Israel. Israel announced the first successful rescue of a captive held by Hamas on Monday.
More than half of Gaza’s 2.3 million Palestinians have fled their homes, with hundreds of thousands sheltering in packed U.N.-run schools-turned-shelters or in hospitals alongside thousands of wounded patients. Hamas has prevented more from fleeing, and is known for using civilians are human shields for their weapons.
More than 1,400 people in Israel have been killed, most of them civilians slain in the initial Hamas rampage that started the fighting on Oct. 7. In addition, 240 hostages are currently being help in Gaza by the terror group.
The Horn editorial team and the Associated Press contributed to this article