THE boyfriend of a tattoo artist who was snatched from a festival in Israel and brutalised by Hamas terrorists has also been reported missing.

Shani Louk, 22, has not been accounted for since horror footage of her naked body being spat on by militants sparked outrage around the world.

The German-Israeli citizen was kidnapped from a festival near Gaza by armed militants on Saturday morning – sparking a declaration of war from Israel.

After smashing through the border, 1,000 Hamas gunmen rampaged for hours and massacred at least 260 revellers at the festival in the Negev desert.

Shani is feared dead after she was paraded on the back of a pick-up truck and brutalised by the Hamas militants.

It's feared her boyfriend Orion Hernández Radoux was also abducted after he was reported missing.

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Shani had shared a sweet snap of their pair on her Instagram in July and called him "my love".

They often posted updates of their trips around the world together.

Orion's family and friends now are desperate for any information on the dad's whereabouts after the festival bloodbath.

A pal wrote on Facebook: "Orion was at Parallel Universe, a festival that was attacked in Israel… still no word from him…. if anyone knows anything, please help us find him.

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"Many people were kidnapped, others are still missing or hidden, and many others were left dead by the forces of Hamas."

Another wrote: "Today is one of the most uncertain days of our lives, my friend Orion… was kidnapped by the extremist group Hamas, we ask all our friends and acquaintances to keep us in prayer until Orion returns well."

A third pal said: "You never expect to get such horrible and heartbreaking news and less that it happens to such good people and with so much ahead of them.

"His girlfriend [was] killed by Hamas militants… everyone we know is in a state of shock and horror unbelievable.

"He just became a father to a beautiful baby girl who needs him and I can only hope for the best outcome for him."

The peace music festival was one of the first sites attacked – and 260 bodies were later found piled up in a tent.

Hundreds of other attendees of the music festival remain missing, with many like Shani and Orion thought to have been kidnapped and taken into Gaza.

It comes as…

• More than 1,500 have been confirmed dead in Israel and Gaza and thousands more injured
• Israel hit back with heavy airstrikes in Gaza and has mobilised 300,000 troops for a full-scale ground invasion
• PM Netanyahu dubbed Hamas "worse than ISIS" and said Israel will crush them with "a force like never before"
• Three British citizens have been confirmed dead, while seven other Britons are missing
• Rishi Sunak called an urgent COBRA meeting to discuss the attacks
• A senior Hamas official reportedly said the group was open to a possible ceasefire after having "achieved its targets"

Shani's family are holding out hope that she could be alive after her credit card was used in Gaza.

Her mum, Ricarda Louk, saw the harrowing footage of her daughter in the back of a Hamas truck – but hasn't heard any news since.

She told CNN: "The video looks very bad but I still have hope. I hope she's still alive somewhere.

"We don't have anything else to hope for. We're trying to believe."

After taking Shani's body to Gaza, Ricarda said the audacious Hamas militants even tried to use Shani's credit card.

Mum Ricarda confirmed: "We saw that somebody tried to use a credit card in the Gaza strip multiple times."

When violence erupted in Israel on Saturday, Ricarda had desperately tried to make sure her daughter was safe.

She said: "I started calling her to see where she is, if she was near a secure location, and she said she was in a festival in the south and was panicking a little bit."

Stav Gal Oliver, who went to school with Shani, described her pal as a "young, sweet girl".

"What they've done to her, you can't even comprehend," she told Sky News.

"She's just the face of so many other girls that are now being kidnapped in Gaza and God knows what they're doing to them."

An eyewitness told how Hamas militants raped young women next to dead bodies of their friends at the festival in southern Israel.

"Women have been raped at the area of the rave next to their friends bodies, dead bodies," the survivor told Tablet Mag.

Another survivor who returned to the scene said they saw the bodies of "young women, lying cold and mutilated".

More than 3,000 people in Israel and Gaza have been killed since Hamas stormed the border on Saturday and massacred hundreds in a surprise attack.

Israel is now preparing to unleash revenge with the first of 300,000 troops arriving on the border ready for a full-scale ground invasion of Gaza.

In response to Hamas threatening to execute civilian hostages, Israel hit back with relentless airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, pummelling the city with 600 warplanes and 300 rocket launches.

A senior Israeli military official said at least 150 Israelis were taken hostage by Hamas militants during their multi-pronged attack, according to the New York Times.

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On Monday, Israel's military said it has restored full control over the border – adding it had recovered the bodies of around 1,500 Hamas fighters.

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