Damasco, capo Hezbollah ucciso in un raid aereo israeliano
Samir Qantar è morto
nell'attacco ad un edificio della capitale siriana. Era stato rilasciato
da Israele nel 2008 durante uno scambio di prigionieri. Assad lo aveva
messo al comando di truppe nell'altura del Golan
Nelle primo ore di stamane i media ufficiali siriani hanno accusato genericamente gruppi "terroristi" (dizione usata dal regime di Bashar Assad per indicare qualsiasi gruppo d'opposizione) ma sui social media membri del governo sostengono che le esplosioni siano state causate in realtà da una raid aereo israeliano che aveva come obiettivo Qantar, responsabile quando aveva solo 16 anni dell'assassinio di 4 israeliani nel 1979.
Israele rilasciò Qantar nel 2008 nell'ambito di uno scambio di prigionieri con le milizie sciite libanesi Hezbollah. Qantar è stato ucciso nell'operazione in Siria che ha pochi precedenti da parte delle forze aeree israeliane.
Il terrorista sarebbe stato accolto con tutti gli onori a Damasco nel 2008 e da qualche anno Assad gli aveva dato il comando di parte delle Alture del Golan, ancora controllate dai siriani, e il comandante Hezbollah, in questi anni, avrebbe organizzato diversi attacchi contro soldati israeliani
Damasco, capo Hezbollah ucciso in un raid aereo israeliano
Samir
Kuntar, a top Hezbollah official who took a family in Nahariya hostage
in 1979, is believed to have been killed in Syria airstrikes. Those who
led the ...
HAARETZ.COM
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.
Kuntar was imprisoned in Israel for a 1979 attack that killed four people. Israel released him in 2008 as part of a prisoner swap with the Lebanese Shi'ite group and he is believed to have rejoined 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 Kuntar and one of its commanders on its Facebook page.
"Two
Israeli warplanes carried out the raid which targeted the building in
Jaramana and struck the designated place with four long-range missiles,"
the NDF in Jaramana Facebook page said. Jaramana is a bastion of
government support and is the home of many of Syria's Druze minority as
well as Christians.
Kuntar's
brother mourned him on his Facebook page on Sunday without giving
details about his death, but said his brother was a martyr. "With pride
we mourn the martyrdom of the leader Samir Kuntar and we are honored to
join families of martyrs," Bassam Kuntar said on his Facebook page.
After
his release from Israeli prison, Kuntar - a Druze who declared his
support for Hezbollah - kept a low public profile. But it is believed
that he had become a commander in the National Defense Forces group,
which has sent hundreds of its members to fight alongside forces loyal
to President Bashar Assad.
It was not immediately clear what role Kuntar, born in 1962, played in the fighting in Syria.
Last
year, Israeli defense officials estimated that Kuntar headed a terror
network Hezbollah had established in the Syrian Golan. It is further
believed that Kuntar was responsible for a cell that was planning to
plant a bomb on the Golan border in April.
Haaretz Correspondent
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