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.

  • ???@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I could easily say:

    Israel is evil and anyone on here supporting them is complicit in supporting evil.

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      1 year ago

      But their evil isn’t as flashy and sensational

    • God
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      1 year ago

      Whatabboutism at its best. Lovely

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        1 year ago

        That was not my intention. It was to show that blanket statements are cheap and easy to make.

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      1 year ago

      In normal circumstances you dont support any of the sides. When one side kills hundreds of innocents of the other side and takes hostages you help the other side deal with the damage.