The bodies of three more murdered Israeli hostages were recovered overnight from Gaza, Israel said Friday — including the boyfriend of Shani Louk, the tattoo artist who became a symbol of the horror of Oct. 7 when her body was paraded through Gaza by Hamas terrorists.
Louk’s 30-year-old boyfriend, Oryon Hernandez Radoux, was found along with Hanan Yablonka, 42, and Michel Nisenbaum, 59, a week after Louk’s own body was located, the Israel Defense Forces said.
All three are thought to have been killed during the Oct. 7 slaughter, with their bodies then brought to Gaza.
A woman stands next to an Israeli flag with a heart on it as protesters demand the immediate release of hostages from the Hamas terrorists in Tel Aviv, Israel on May 22, 2024. REUTERS
Michel Nisenbaum, 59, and the other two hostages were recovered in Gaza overnight. APLouk, Hernandez Radoux and Yablonka — a father of two — had all been at the Nova music festival when gunmen stormed in and started killing indiscriminately.
Nisenbaum, a Brazilian-Israeli from the southern city of Sderot, was captured and killed while trying to rescue his 4-year-old granddaughter from the carnage, Israel said.
Military spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari announced the heartbreaking news in a televised statement in which he vowed to bring back the remaining hostages still held by Hamas.
Some 1,200 people, mainly civilians, were killed by Hamas in the Oct. 7 attack while around 250 others were kidnapped. Israel says about 100 hostages are still captive in Gaza, along with about 30 assumed killed.
Hanan Yablonka, 42, was one of the hostages recovered by Israel in an overnight operation. AP
Oryon Hernandez Radoux, 30 was killed during the Oct. 7 Hamas attack in Israel. He is seen here with girlfriend Shani Louk. Instagram / @shanukkk
An Israeli army tank returns to a forward staging area inside the southern Israeli border near Gaza on May 22, 2024. Jim Hollander/UPI/Shutterstock
Orion Hernandez Radoux’s partner Shani Louk was also taken hostage and later killed by Hamas. Instagram / @shanukkk
Shani Louk was pictured lying in the back of a truck with Hamas terrorists during the Oct. 7 attack. AP“We will not stop fighting for their freedom,” he said. “Every decent country would do the same.”
French President Emmanuel Macron addressed the recovery of Hernandez Radoux, who held French nationality.
“I think of his family and those close to him. We are at their side,” he wrote on X.
“France remains more than ever committed to the release of all the hostages.”
The army said the hostages were found during an operation in Jabaliya.
Their recovery comes a week after the army said it found the bodies of three other Israeli hostages killed on Oct. 7, including Louk.
The latest recovery comes as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces mounting pressure to resign — and as the US threatens to scale back its support of the humanitarian situation in Gaza.
On Friday, the Israeli leader said the country had a duty to do everything to get those abducted, including those who have been killed, back home.
Israel’s offensive since the start of the war has killed over 35,000 Palestinians and led to a humanitarian crisis and near-famine, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
While Israel has weakened Hamas’ capabilities, terrorists have been regrouping in some of the hardest-hit areas. According to Israel, its troops are operating in Rafah in the south, in central Gaza and in Jabaliya in the north.
With Post wires
