Ricarda Louk, the mother of murdered German-Israeli hostage Shani Louk, warns against compensating the victims of the war in the Gaza Strip with the victims of the Hamas terror attack on October 7 last year.
“What happened on October 7 was an ugly and brutal targeted attack on civilians. I don’t think it’s fair to compare that with war victims,” she told German news portal web.de News.
She said there are an awful lot of civilian casualties in Gaza. “But Israel did not want this war, it was forced on Israel,” Louk added. Those who criticize Israel for this must ask themselves, “How did it start? It all started on October 7,” she claimed.
Her daughter Shani Louk, then 22 years old, was kidnapped during the terrorist attack by Hamas and other extremist groups on October 7, 2023 that sparked the current war.
Shani Louk was declared dead and in May the Israeli army said they had found her body.
“You get used to moving on and getting on with your life. But the memories keep coming back,” Louk said.
She said that trust in fellow Arab citizens has been lost to some extent since October 7. But Louk also emphasized: “I’m still an optimist. I hope we can get out of this somehow.”
