It has been revealed that the bodies of three Israeli hostages taken by Hamas terrorists amid the October 7 attacks were recovered overnight from Gaza following a joint operation by the IDF and the Shin Bet security service (ISA).
Hanan Yablonka, Michel Nisenbaum and Oryon Hernandez-Radoux were kidnapped at the Supernova music festival and at the Mefalsim intersection just a mile from the Gaza border on October 7, and were subsequently killed by Hamas, Israeli officials said today.
Hernández-Radoux, 30, was the boyfriend of Shani Louk, the 22-year-old German-Israeli girl who became a symbol of the brutal Hamas attack after the world witnessed images of armed men parading her half-naked body through Gaza backwards. of a truck.
Their bodies were reportedly located by the IDF and ISA and recovered at a location in Jabalia, north of Gaza City, following a fierce shootout.
IDF representatives notified the families of the deceased today after medical officials from Israel’s National Forensic Institute and the Israel Police confirmed their identities.
Oryon Hernandez-Radoux
Hernández-Radoux was the boyfriend of Shani Louk, the 22-year-old German-Israeli girl who became a symbol of the brutal Hamas attack.
Shani Louk and Oryón Hernández Radoux
Shani Louk appears in the photo with Oron Hernandez Radoux
Shocking images shared on social media showed Palestinian fighters parading Shani’s naked body in the back of a van.
Palestinian militants return to the Gaza Strip with the body of Shani Louk, a German-Israeli citizen, on October 7.
The Hostages and Missing Families Forum, a volunteer group founded by the loved ones of those abducted by Hamas on October 7, shared a moving tribute this morning to the three men found dead in Jabalia.
‘With deep regret, the Families Forum bows its head following the announcement of the murder of Michel Nisenbaum, Hanan Yablonka and Oryon Hernandez Radoux.
“May their memories be a blessing, at the hands of Hamas terrorists.”
‘The sad return of Michel, Hanan and Oryon is another heartbreak for the 125 families of the hostages, who share the endless pain, sadness and worry.
“The recovery of their bodies is a silent but decisive reminder that the State of Israel is obliged to immediately send negotiating teams with a clear demand to reach an agreement that will quickly return all the hostages to their homes: those who live to their rehabilitation and those murdered for burial, he concluded.”
Hernández-Radoux was a French-Mexican citizen and resident of Mexico. He had attended the Supernova festival along with his girlfriend Shani and his friend Keshet Casarotti, who were subsequently murdered by Hamas.
Michel Nisenbaum, 59, was a Brazilian-Israeli citizen who lived in Sderot, just over a kilometer from the border with Gaza.
Michel, father of two daughters and grandfather of six, was taken hostage when he went to rescue his four-year-old granddaughter who was with her father at the Re’im military base.
Hanan Yablonka, 42, was an Israeli citizen from Tel Aviv and the father of Yarin, nine, and Emily, 12. Like so many others, he was taken hostage at the Supernova festival and dragged back to Gaza.
The discovery of the bodies comes a week after the remains of Shani, Oryon’s companion, were recovered from a tunnel in Jabalia.
Shani was seen dancing at the Nova Festival, where she was one of the 364 people massacred by Hamas.
Shani Louk and Oryón Hernández Radoux
A drone view shows mourners during the funeral of German-Israeli Shani Louk, who was killed in the October 7 attack by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Srigim, Israel, on May 19, 2024.
Atim Louk (L) is among pallbearers carrying the coffin of his sister Shani Louk on May 19, 2024 in Srigim-Li On, Israel.
Ricarda Louk places a flower on the grave of her daughter Shani Louk on May 19, 2024 in Srigim-Li On, Israel
Shani’s remains were found alongside the bodies of Itzhak Gelerenter, 57, and Amit Buskila, 28, in a similar nighttime raid last week.
The three attended the Supernova festival near Kibbutz Re’im on October 7, one of the first sites attacked by Hamas in its deadly incursion into Israel.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the death of the three revelers “heartbreaking” and added: “We will return all our hostages, both the living and the dead.”
Shani was seen dancing at the Nova Festival hours before the Hamas attack.
Her father spoke in defense of the award given to an AP photographer who captured the chilling moment Hamas paraded his 22-year-old daughter’s half-naked body through Gaza.
His comments come after friends said they were shocked the photograph had won the prestigious award and were in tears.
The decision to award AP photographer Ali Mahmud the oldest photojournalism award given by the Reynolds Institute of Journalism earlier this month, where he placed first in ‘Team Photo Story of the Year,’ sparked outrage.
Shani was one of approximately 1,200 people killed on October 7 by Hamas.
Shani with her mother Ricarda (pictured, left)
Amit Buskila (pictured) was also found dead in Gaza
Itzhak Gelerenter was found by the IDF
The photo shows five armed Hamas members in a van, one of whom rests his feet on the limp and mutilated body of the murdered Louk. More images show the terrorists parading his body in Gaza amid cheering crowds and one of them spitting on his remains.
But Louk’s father Nissim said: “It’s good that the photo won the prize.”
“This is one of the most important photographs of the last 50 years,” he told Ynet.
He expressed his firm belief that his daughter’s photograph will leave a mark on human history, considering it a symbol of the current era and, hopefully, serving as documentation for generations to come.
“These are some of the photographs that shape human memory, the Jew raising his hands, the paratroopers at the Western Wall, photographs that symbolize an era,” he continued.
‘This documentation of Shani and Noa Argamani on the motorcycle symbolizes this era. “I think it’s good to use it to inform the future.”
‘If I start crying, what will happen? This is history. In 100 years they will look and know what happened here. “I travel the world and everyone knows who Shani is,” she told Ynet.
But Shani’s mother Ricarda said she was horrified by the image and claimed it forced her and her family to relive the trauma of losing their loved one.
