Shani Louk: Mother pleads for help as daughter goes missing at festival

Shani Louk: Mother pleads for help as daughter goes missing at festival –

A German mother is pleading for information about her daughter, who she believes was kidnapped by Palestinian militants at a music festival in Israel–

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Shani Louk, a German tourist, had been attending the festival near the Gaza border when Hamas militants stormed the area–

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opening fire and sending terrified partygoers fleeing through the desert–

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Her mother, Ricarda, said she had seen a video of Shani "unconscious in a car" after being taken.–

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Holding up a picture of the twenty-something on her mobile phone, she said in a social media appeal that her daughter had been–

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kidnapped with a group of tourists in southern Israel by Palestinian Hamas".–

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As news of Hamas's multi-pronged assault into Israeli territory broke early on Saturday–

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