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submitted 9 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

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.

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[-] AlmightySnoo@lemmy.world 47 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Then you haven't watched the video, because we see the exact thing that is being quoted here:

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.

They're celebrating, one of the terrorists has his leg over her and another terrorist is pulling her hair, probably both finally feeling manly and triumphant by killing a helpless woman, and they're literally letting the adorable Palestinians spit on her. If you don't see this in the video then you need a full eye check. You mentioning "brown people" is a pathetic attempt to reframe us as racists.

[-] snek@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago

Worse of all her face is bloodied, likely she was killed or knocked unconscious. After that, why take her? Why shoot that video? Why the guy who comes back in the end and spits on her face? These are the actions of some people in Hamas. It doesn't help to deny it. My bet is that a lot of people also support Hamas due to the lack of a viable alternative since peace doesn't work. Please don't misunderstand me though, I dislike Hamas very much and there cannot be shit like this happening if they want to be taken seriously. It's not a very PR smart move either. This kind of hatred is what drives people to commit atrocities, and things need to deescalate. Not mentioning, however, that Israel's actions fuel much of that hatred would be not painting the full picture.

I find it hard to believe that anyone would watch this and not understand the "parading" aspect of it.

The video is disgusting. I really hope she is found alive.

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