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Lebanese militant Samir Kuntar killed in Damascus, Syria blast

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Samir Kuntar, a Hezbollah senior commander that was reportedly killed in a blast in Damascus . This is not the first time that Qantar is reported killed . Last January he was also reported killed by Israeli strike in Syria on January 18, 2015
Samir Kuntar, a Hezbollah senior commander that was reportedly killed in a blast in Damascus . This is not the first time that Qantar is reported killed . Last January he was also reported killed by Israeli strike in Syria on January 18, 2015

A number of rockets hit a building in the Damascus district of Jaramana on Sunday, reportedly killing Lebanese militant leader Samir Kuntar according to government loyalists.

Syria’s state media blamed “terrorist groups” for the attack, but government loyalists said the explosions were an Israeli strike believed to have killed Kuntar, who is reviled in Israel for a 1979 attack that killed four people.

Israel released Kuntar in 2008 as part of a prisoner swap with the Lebanese Shi’ite Hezbollah group and he is believed to have joined the group since.

The National Defence Forces in Jaramana, which are part of a nation wide grouping of loyalist Syrian militias under the umbrella of the army, mourned Kantar and one of its commanders on its Facebook page.

“His body has been sent to a Damascus hospital moments ago,” it said.

REUTERS

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6 responses to “Lebanese militant Samir Kuntar killed in Damascus, Syria blast”

  1. Y K Avatar
    Y K

    Where’s the outpouring of mourning among Ya Libnan’s resident “Resistants”?

    1. 5thDrawer Avatar
      5thDrawer

      You’re kidding of course. :-))) For a guy who had several deaths but nine lives, it must seem at least interesting to know Israel had to use ‘many rockets’ to get him … a very pricey hunt over time for this one guy … but he was a loose cannon for the most part. Ziggy Heil, and all that.

      1. Y K Avatar
        Y K

        “You’re kidding of course.”
        I usually am. Very few things are sacred to this dog. Certainly not Kuntar’s’ immortal soul.

  2. Rudy1947 Avatar
    Rudy1947

    May others of his ilk follow in his footsteps which just abruptly ended.

  3. Matrix Avatar
    Matrix

    Strange that Syrians thank Israel for eliminating Samir Kuntar….

  4. MekensehParty Avatar
    MekensehParty

    Earth is cleaner today

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