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VIDEO: Israel posts clip on YouTube describing Kuntar's 1979 attack
By Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: Israel, Hezbollah 

Israel has posted a clip on the video-sharing web site YouTube detailing the crimes committed by Lebanese terrorist Samir Kuntar, who was freed on Wednesday as part of a prisoner exchange deal with Hezbollah.

The Prime Minister's Office produced the video and released it on Tuesday as part of a campaign to tarnish the image of the Lebanese guerilla group in light of the victory celebrations held in Lebanon for return of Kuntar, jailed in Israel in 1979 for a terrorist attack that left four Israelis dead.


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Along with four Hezbollah guerillas also released in the swap, Kuntar was given a hero's welcome upon his return to Lebanon on Wednesday.

The film describes Kuntar as a murderer, and emphasizes the fact that he killed a four-year-old girl by smashing her skull.

In return for Kuntar, the four guerillas and some 190 bodies of Lebanese and Palestinian fighters, Hezbollah on Wednesday morning transferred to Israel the bodies of Israel Defense Forces reservists Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev.

In a similar awareness-raising move in March, the government posted three videos showing images from the terror attackat Jerusalem's Mercaz Harav Yeshiva in which eight students were killed.


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      1.   Kuntar and Nasrallah will one day stand before the King of the Je 22:58  |  sadarab 16/07/08
      2.   Video 23:36  |  Bo 16/07/08
      3.   HEZBOLLAH `CRIMES` 23:57  |  Zyskandar A Jaimot 16/07/08
      4.   I hope they infected him with a virus prior to his release. 01:17  |  The Equalizer 17/07/08
      5.   Israeli governmental incompetence 01:57  |  Michael 17/07/08
      6.   To all the clickfools & Dursons& the Dutch of this world 06:30  |  Hans 17/07/08
      7.   they should post that video in arabic to 06:54  |  paulo2005 17/07/08
      8.   to # 1 07:08  |  Hans 17/07/08
      9.   This killer 08:23  |  Eugenio 17/07/08
      10.   #1: But your not on an island and it doesn`t belong to you 10:07  |  Tupac 17/07/08
      11.   To Hans 10:15  |  Indiginous 17/07/08
      12.   Paulo 2005 11:13  |  Sarah 17/07/08
      13.   Peace loving zionists 15:06  |  Refugee 17/07/08
      14.   Kuntar has a hero`s welcome home. 15:08  |  David Nigel Braham 17/07/08
      15.   Our Distinguished Friends 15:12  |  Yakov 17/07/08
      16.   Tupac 15:15  |  Steve 17/07/08
      17.   To Hans 15:24  |  Abby 17/07/08
      18.   kuntar 15:31  |  ishtarot 17/07/08
      19.   Israels new counterstrike 15:40  |  Jacob 17/07/08
      20.   Yes, he is our hero 15:43  |  Natallie 17/07/08
      21.   our hero 16:03  |  lara 17/07/08
      22.   to #4 hans 16:15  |  moody 17/07/08
      23.   Who is free and who is not 16:27  |  Sarah 17/07/08
      24.   KUNTAR NO HERO, HOW MANY CHILDREN KILLED BY BOTH SIDES? 16:40  |  JH 17/07/08
      25.   #18 lara`s "hero" 16:58  |  Yonatan 17/07/08
      26.   #21 no hero..but he`s home.. 17:10  |  Edithann 17/07/08
      27.   Samir Kuntar is a PALESTINIAN... 17:36  |  Dagma 17/07/08
      28.   Youtube? Talk about a banana state! 17:43  |  Natallie Durson 17/07/08
      29.   Nathalie Durson # 24. 18:03  |  David Nigel Braham 17/07/08
      30.   #23 18:06  |  Tamar 17/07/08
      31.   Kuntar is a `Palestinian ` - but not Palestinian/Arab 18:08  |  justiceforall 17/07/08
      32.   Very poorly done... 20:02  |  Mark 17/07/08
      33.   The video is more like an advert for washing powder 20:02  |  L A 17/07/08
      34.   ISRAEL REMEMBER, IT`S A TWO WAY STREET!!! 20:20  |  ANONYMOUS 17/07/08
      35.   smart move 21:23  |  neveragain 17/07/08
      36.   Anonim, I agree, someone has to tell the Israeli left 22:37  |  Simon 17/07/08
      37.   see thyself first! 00:34  |  Carl 18/07/08
      38.   Condolence 03:15  |  Pepe 18/07/08
      39.   kuntar 05:58  |  mike wonka 18/07/08
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