Samir Kuntar was a Druze, but was completely aligned with the jihad force. Had the Islamic state for which he murdered Israelis been established, it would have oppressed him and his people.
“Rockets hit northern Israel, hours after Hezbollah terrorist killed,” Times of Israel, December 20, 2015:
At least three rockets landed early Sunday evening in open areas near the northern city of Nahariya in the Western Galilee, only hours after an alleged IDF airstrike killed Lebanese terrorist Samir Kuntar, who had been previously jailed in Israel for his part in the 1979 murders of a family.
There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.
Air raid sirens warning of incoming projectiles sounded in towns and cities throughout the Western Galilee ahead of the rockets’ fall. Local residents later reported hearing several explosions.
Security forces were searching the area adjacent to Nahariya and along the border with Lebanon for other rockets that may have landed within Israeli territory. The IDF launched an investigation into the incident, and was attempting to determine who fired the rockets.
Lebanon’s Naharnet news site reported that two rockets were fired at Israel from the al-Hinniyeh area, and two more were fired from Tal al-Maaliyeh. Some reports by Lebanese media suggested that a fourth rocket may have landed in the sea.
Jacky Sabag, the mayor of Nahariya, and Shlomi Regional Council head Gabi Naaman ordered the opening of bomb shelters in their respective jurisdiction areas following the rocket landings.
Northern Israel has been bracing for a possible Hezbollah response since the killing of Kuntar overnight Saturday.
“We were expecting this after the assassination of Samir Kuntar,” said Rotem Azati, a resident of Nahariya. “But even so we were surprised,” she added.
Arab media reported that several Israeli Air Force missiles struck the Damascus suburb of Jaramana overnight, killing Kuntar and eight other operatives….
Reports said that Kuntar was assassinated not as revenge for his past actions, but rather because he was planning fresh attacks against Israel….
A Lebanese Druze, Kuntar became infamous for a brutal 1979 raid from Lebanon in which he helped kidnap an Israeli family from Nahariya, then smashed the head of a four-year-old Israeli girl, Einat Haran, with his rifle butt, killing her. Three other Israelis, including her father, Danny Haran, were killed in the attack. He was 16 at the time, a member of the Palestine Liberation Front.
He spent 29 years in an Israeli prison before being traded to Hezbollah in 2008 in exchange for the bodies of IDF soldiers Eldad Regev and Ehud Goldwasser. After that, he took on a senior role in the group, was honored by then-Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and by Syrian President Bashar Assad, and helped to organize Syrian Druze on the Golan Heights and elsewhere into terror cells charged with carrying out attacks against Israel.

LaineeTheCat says
Who assassinated Kuntar?
marc says
I trust mossad, officially it was spontaneous combustion.
but if it was the Israelis, it only seems fair as they swapped him for dead bodies.
Godwin says
Killed n be killed. This is the life of a terrorist.
Angemon says
As of now, it’s unclear. Bur Hezbollah blames Israel – imagine that…
Oliver says
THE FREE SYRAIN ARMY also took credit. And, I beleive the Russians also did. And, according to HONEST REPORTING, even hezbollah was NOT too fond of him-as they feared that he would do something and bring an Israeli confrontation- and, my guess- hezbollah probably thought that they would lsoe.
Oliver says
That is Free Syrian Army. Sorry for the typo
Joe says
There’s something vaguely familiar about his appearance…
No Fear says
Heil Mohammed !
Sieg Heil !
gravenimage says
So true, Joe.
In fact, while Muslims *hate* the Infidel, they make a small exception for–that’s right, *Adolf Hitler*, whom they admire. *Ugh*.
steve says
They only do it because shid identifies with shid.
Jack Diamond says
This brave crusher of a little girl’s skull was given honorary Palestinian citizenship for his heroic valor, “a beacon of light” the official PA newspaper called him, and an “authentic role model.”
“I haven’t for even one day regretted what I did. On the contrary I remain committed to my political convictions. I feel enormous joy because I have returned to the ranks of the resistance and to my family” (AFP, July 17, 2007). And he did, paying homage at the grave of Imad Mughniyah, and instigating terrorism in the Golan Heights.
But take a moment to remember, and consider the kind of man some called a hero and role-model, listen to Smadar Haran Kaiser:
“It had been a peaceful Sabbath day. My husband, Danny, and I had picnicked with our little girls, Einat, 4, and Yael, 2, on the beach not far from our home in Nahariya, a city on the northern coast of Israel, about six miles south of the Lebanese border. Around midnight, we were asleep in our apartment when four terrorists, sent by Abu Abbas from Lebanon, landed in a rubber boat on the beach two blocks away. Gunfire and exploding grenades awakened us as the terrorists burst into our building. They had already killed a police officer. As they charged up to the floor above ours, I opened the door to our apartment. In the moment before the hall light went off, they turned and saw me. As they moved on, our neighbor from the upper floor came running down the stairs. I grabbed her and pushed her inside our apartment and slammed the door.
Outside, we could hear the men storming about. Desperately, we sought to hide. Danny helped our neighbor climb into a crawl space above our bedroom; I went in behind her with Yael in my arms. Then Danny grabbed Einat and was dashing out the front door to take refuge in an underground shelter when the terrorists came crashing into our flat.
They held Danny and Einat while they searched for me and Yael, knowing there were more people in the apartment. I will never forget the joy and the hatred in their voices as they swaggered about hunting for us, firing their guns and throwing grenades. I knew that if Yael cried out, the terrorists would toss a grenade into the crawl space and we would be killed. So I kept my hand over her mouth, hoping she could breathe. As I lay there, I remembered my mother telling me how she had hidden from the Nazis during the Holocaust. “This is just like what happened to my mother,” I thought.
As police began to arrive, the terrorists took Danny and Einat down to the beach. There, according to eyewitnesses, one of them shot Danny in front of Einat so that his death would be the last sight she would ever see. Then he smashed my little girl’s skull in against a rock with his rifle butt. That terrorist was Samir Kuntar.
By the time we were rescued from the crawl space, hours later, Yael, too, was dead. In trying to save all our lives, I had smothered her.”
gravenimage says
Thanks for reposting that horrifying and heartbreaking account, Jack.
*This* is what Muslims consider heroic, and who they esteem as heroes. *Ugh*.
steve says
Shid shall beget shid. Islamists may as well be as insects without humanity and this kind should be treated not better.
Kepha says
People like Samir Kuntar are a reason why I have no problem with the idea of a fire-and-brimstone Hell from which “their worm shall not die nor their fire quenchec” (Is. 66:4).
peter says
In germany the press dont show this photo of Kuntar-funny because normally they liked to make everybody a nazi…also they say always:an exremist-not anTerrorist and child killer.
Matthieu Baudin says
Another child murdering shit flushed away.
Ainu888 says
Dear great people of Israel,
The people of India, with the exception of the muslims, stand with you. One day I will go to Israel, I will rent a car, pay homage at the shrine of founder David Ben Gurion, then go to the resting place of the Iron Man of Israel — Yitzhak Shamir, then visit the Rose of Israel — the martyr of peace, Yitzhak Rabin.
What a great people.
gravenimage says
Bravo, Ainu! I, and American, feel just the same.
Scott says
I just made that pilgrimage a few months ago. You will be very moved and remember it for all your days……
dumbledoresarmy says
I, too, would like to visit Israel one day.
One of my sisters, with her husband and her younger children, visited earlier this year, during Sukkoth. She was there in Jerusalem just as the Stabbing Jihad began.
But despite the danger she didn’t regret visiting for a moment. She *loved* – and *loves* – Israel.
Ainu888 says
Thanks GravenImage, Scott and dumbledoresarmy.
Since my childhood I wanted to visit this isolated country, Israel , so strong and splendid in it’s isolation among sub-human states that surround it.
In India, we admire Israel so much, if half of our people were like the noble Jews, we would have no problems. No one would go hungry, we would be well defended and few would be destitute.
Now, maybe this is a bit of an exaggeration, but that is the depth of feeling for Israel. I have a few friends in Israel. I keep telling them they are lucky, and they don’t realize it, for even though their life is under threat, they are the recipients of so much love and esteem.
Now, who could turn something like that down?
Ainu888 says
I want to go to all the Biblical sites. I want to visit the sites in Jerusalem. I want to touch the earth where Goliath fell, and people of David are still battling impossible odds. Bethlehem, Mount of the Olives, the wailing wall. All of it. For even though I am an atheist, I feel Christianity and Judaism have made the world a much better place, and contributed to the world moving forward.
We are all one people. The members of the great nexus of civilized and thoughtful people. I would find fault with myself before finding fault in a fellow man. But we have this scourge facing us.
gravenimage says
I would love to visit Israel for the people *and* the history, just like you.
gravenimage says
But now places like Bethlehem in the “Palestinian Territories” have been rendered almost “Christian-rein”.
Bethlehem was 90% Christian in 1900, by 2000 it was down to 40%, and today the estimate is that this literal birthplace of Christianity is less than 15% Christian.
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2013/12/christian_exodus_from_bethlehem.html
Israel is, in fact, the only place in the region where Christians and other non-Muslims are safe–and that is being eroded by these rocket attacks and the “stabbing Intifada”..
gravenimage says
Here are the repulsive “Palestinians” slobbering all over child-murderer Samir Kuntar:
“PA leaders: Kuntar a hero”
http://www.palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=157&doc_id=255
And mark his Nazi-inspired look and gesture above. *Ugh*.
I just hope no Israelis are killed in these vicious rocket attacks launched to avenge this murderer.
Ainu888 says
The Palestinians are a failed people. The violence emanating from them is an indicator of their own self loathing. It’s in their best interest to make peace with Israel. They might learn a thing or two to escape their savagery.
gravenimage says
Yes–but the “Palestinians” are part of the Ummah, and it is considered their duty to try to destroy vibrant Israel and turn it into another part of bloody, oppressive, failed Dar-al-Islam–no matter how much it hurts the average local Muslims.
Just look at the difference between affluent and civilized Israel and the violent, chaotic, stagnant mess of Gaza after the Israelis pulled out.
dumbledoresarmy says
Speaking as a Christian, I have to say I find it deeply satisfying to reflect on the fact that the miserable shrivelled and darkened soul of Samir Kuntar has now discovered – in what is surely the most horrifying moment in that soul’s entire wasted and wretched existence – that the glorious Judge of Heaven and Earth has the face and form of a Jew…because He, that glorious Judge, *is* a Jew.
No Fear says
Kuntard’s greatest achievement is killing a child.
SpiritOf1683 says
It was no more a mistake than the bombing raids on Berlin and Hamburg and the fire raids on Tokyo over 70 years ago. Fire has to be met with fire, but leftist asshats think they can negotiate with those who’d smash their own childrens heads in, and be honored as heroes by their murderous savage supporters. Here, justice was finally done, albeit late in the day.
SpiritOf1683 says
This was a response to Sergio, but the on-screen display ‘jumped’ suddenly.
Sergio says
That terrorist surely deserved to be executed, but killing him in Syria and using an airstrike to do it was going too far. Israel made a mistake in my opinion.
gravenimage says
Why was this “going too far”? Syria is no longer anything resembling a sovereign state–instead, it is largely just an incubator for violent Jihad.
And Jihadists are not launching rocket attacks on Israel because she filed to respect Syria’s sovereignty–something most of these Muslims fail to do, as well–but because she dared to take out a child-murdering Jihadist.
Jeremiah says
We can always judge barbarity by the way they fight children and the way they train theirs.
Michael says
He killed the father in front of the child. The Communist “revolutionaries” were big on killing family members in front of each other, too. No wonder they get along so well.
David Hartman says
Goodbye muslim scum. May your 72 ‘virgins’ be insatiable homosexuals violently gaping your anus for eternity.
The vilest of creatures says
Is that picture for real? It looks like somebody trying to parody Hitler.
gravenimage says
There are other pictures of Samir Kuntar aping Hitler–this picture was not photoshopped:
http://www.haaretz.com/polopoly_fs/1.387900.1441804559!/image/396522431.jpg_gen/derivatives/headline_1218x685/396522431.jpg
http://media.breitbart.com/media/2015/12/Samir-Kantar-640×480.jpg
There are many others.
Lenny Thetruth says
Israel is mostly silet about this killing. For thousands oof years, Jews did not have a homeland, and went all over the world. Wherever they went, they were pissed on, no matter how much they improved the lives around them. People resented them, treated them horribly, killed and displaced them. But, they had nowhere to go.
Now, there is this sliver of land they claim. It was barren but they made it green. So, again, it was ripe for picking. And, Arabs claimed it, even as the UN recognized decllarations made years before, Since they had enemies, they were attacked. Some said they were Palestinian, but were Lebanese. Others were Egypitans and others Jordanians, but they had only one thing in common; Hatred of other’s success.
For all those years, that Jews were killed, they did not fight back. There was no place to fall back to. There was no homeland, so Zionism became a dream of Jews returning home, after 2,000 years. The love story should have had a happy ending, but the struggle against userpers continues. This POS was not somebody who should have had any reason to join the PLO, but he did. As is the case in all of terrorism, the perpetrators should have been executed. But Jews do not like killing. They would rather the other person have blood on their hands, then they, themselves. It is suicidal, and in my opinion, has to change.
So, I can see why Israel will not readily admit to this killing, but, in my opinion, it should claim it as an old debt, finally settled. Israel had help. It was not from the US though, as Obama would not intentionally hurt a fellow Muslim. In this case, it was Putin, who, while helping Assad, hates terrorists. At the very least, he turned a blind eye. At best, he did it, so Israel could get the credit. The answer is a mystery, for now, but I don’t see it happening without his help. And, Israel will remain silent.
As the UN has condemnation for everything Israel does, even defending itself, Israel should unleash hell. It is accused of all sorts of silly things, but that won’t stop. It should give the UN a real reason for condemnation. It should go out and even the score. What could happen? Anything worse? In time, reasonable people will understand the nature of creeping Islam. When they look back at Israel, they will think, “Those people were right. We should have listened.” I hope the world, and Israel, survives.
Jack Diamond says
He was supposedly planning a major attack on Israel, that is the immediate reason he was taken out.
He had been leading Hizaballah-Iranian operations in the Golan Heights though had been replaced by
“arch-terrorist” Imad Mughniyeh’s son Jihad (yes his name was Jihad Mughniyeh) and was reported to have been working separate from Hizballah. Israel likes to leave some measure of doubt concerning these erasings. Jihad Mughniyeh was killed by “an alleged Israeli air strike” in January. Israel “officially” denied being responsible for Imad Mughniyeh too.
steve says
Sounds like the mob but worse
steve says
Bury him in the Islamic compost pile. Maybe some roses might grow!