Fatah Central Committee Member In Letter Of Condolences For Samir Quntar’s Death: He Was A ‘National Hero’; We Will Continue Struggle Until ‘Arab And Palestinian Soil Is Purged’ | Memri

On December 20, 2015, Fatah Central Committee member ‘Abbas Zaki sent a letter of condolences to Hizbullah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah for the death of Druze Lebanese terrorist Samir Quntar, who was killed one day earlier in Damascus in an airstrike that has been attributed to the Israeli air force. In the letter, Zaki calls Quntar a “national hero,” “the leader of the prisoners,” and a “Palestinian martyr,” and describes his death as a tragedy for both the Palestinian and the Lebanese people. He also draws a connection between the Palestinian struggle and Hizbullah, and promises Quntar to continue the struggle until “the Arab and Palestinian soil is purged of the Zionist occupation and of the criminal gangs.”