Hezbollah: Samir Kuntar Killed in Israeli Airstrike on Damascus

[Little Tich]

Source: Haaretz

According to reports, between six and eight people were killed in the strike, among them also Hezbollah field commanders.

Hezbollah announced on Sunday morning that one of its top officials, Samir Kuntar, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on a Damascus suburb. 

In the statement, the group said the "Zionist enemy's planes" struck a building in Jaramana, a district of Damascus, around 10:15 P.M. on Saturday, killing Kuntar and several Syrian civilians 

According to reports, between six and eight people were killed in the strike, among them also Hezbollah field commanders.

Read more: http://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/1.692786

[azurnoir]

1. only surprise here is that it didn't happen sooner

[Nyan]

2. Of course.

Plenty of ISIS targets in Syria, and Israel goes in there to attack Hezbollah.

[Agnosticsherbet]

3. ISIS has yet to attack Israel. Hezbollah has fought Israel since 1985.

Doesn't surprise me they would take down an important target of opportunity.

[cpwm17]

4. Hezbollah fought Israel in Lebanon to end Israel's occupation of Lebanon

which fortunately they were successful at doing.

Now Israel, a supporter of al Qaeda in Syria, murders a member of Hezbollah that is fighting ISIS.

[Agnosticsherbet]

5. Oh, those freedom loving Hezbollah murderers. Allah love them.

And as to the rest. LOL.

[6chars]

6. You didn't read the article, did you?

Hezbollah continues to fight Israel long after Israeli troops withdrew from Lebanon.

Kuntar is a life long Jew murdering monster, and is, er, was, the key person for setting up another war with Israel.

Do Druze martyrs get 72 virgins? LOL.

[7962]

8. Supporters of terrorists dont read articles. They're minds & eyes are closed.

It still amazes me

[oberliner]

7. Samir Kuntar bashed in the skull of a 4 year old girl

After killing the girl's father in front of her.

[jamzrockz]

9. And Gaddafi

had a Viagra rape army and Iraqi army threw babies out from the incubators and so on and so forth. These stories seems to be pulled out of disney villain stories. Not saying it is not possible but what evidence is there to verify the authenticity of these accusations?

Regardless of whether you believe the atrocity story or not, Israel is easing the problems of ISIS in Syria one air strike at a time. ISIS a group we actually have video evidence of them committing loads of heinous atrocities. But I understand, Israel has to do whats in her best interest and that is killing their enemies.

[oberliner]

10. The pathologist's report showed that Einat's brain tissue was found on Kuntar's rifle

Here is an excerpt from the judge's ruling:

Kuntar went over to Einat Haran and hit her head twice with the butt of his rifle, with the intent of killing her...the other defendant also struck her head forcefully. As a result of the blows, Einat suffered skull fractures and fatal brain damage, causing her death.

http://www.worldlibrary.org/articles/1979_Nahariya_attack

You can read and analyze all of the evidence presented during the Samir Kuntar trial. All of the court documents are available online if you are interested in perusing them.

[jamzrockz]

11. Still not convinced

I read his account of what happened and I actually find it to be more believable. I believe he took the 4 yr old hostage also as a safety net to prevent the security forces from killing his ass. It makes very little sense that he would kill his his hostage before escaping and in the way he did in front of his father.

Immediately following his capture, when his remand was extended, Kuntar confessed that he had bludgeoned Einat to death with the butt of his rifle.[1] Later, however, when testifying in court, Kuntar denied the charges. In his testimony, Kuntar asserted that Israeli gunfire had killed Danny Haran as soldiers burst in to free him, and that he did not see what happened to Einat after passing out from blood lost from five bullet wounds.[1][9] He explained that the group's goal had been to take hostages back to Lebanon, and that he had taken the 4-year-old to prevent Israeli police from shooting at them

But the point still stands that the Israelis are doing a real solid to the ISIS fighters who Hezbollah and the Syrian army are fighting with every air strike on them. At least if you gonna attack the people fighting ISIS, just drop one bomb on ISIS too.

[6chars]

12. Just a good guy who was in the wrong place at the wrong time, huh?

Actually, I guess you could say that is what just happened too. Anyway, Hezbollah has more in mind than fighting ISIS. Maybe this fellow's demise won't make much of a difference in the fight with ISIS.

Wonder why Russia was cool with it.

[jamzrockz]

13. Never said he was a good guy

But I can say that anyone fighting ISIS cannot be that much of a bad guy. My objection is with the twirling mustache bad guy portrayal of people we don't like from the ME and Israel interference in the Syrian war

[6chars]

14. This guy was not fighting ISIS

He was in charge of working with Iran to build a terrorist network in the Golan Heights to conduct attacks on Israel. This seems independent of Syria war, except for the fact that Hezbollah and Iran are using it as an opportunity to gain a foothold on a new border with Israel.

If Israel killed him - and they have not yet said anything to that effect - it was to slow this activity, and not an act of revenge (even though no one in Israel is mourning his death). If Israel had wanted revenge, they had him for 30 years. Looking at the report of his earlier terror activity, it seems far more likely that he is the one who bludgeoned the four year old girl to death on the rocks with his rifle than that one of the Israelis at the scene did it. He really is, er, was a twirling mustache bad guy.

[cpwm17]

15. If that's true

the killing was no loss.

[question everything]

16. Good. One of the most horrific crimes performed on innocent

civilians. And when he was released, exchanged for bodies of killed soldiers, he received a red carpet welcome.

[leftynyc]

17. Excellent news

Good shooting.