Samir Kuntar
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	Lebanon, 20 ga Yuli, 1962
ƙasa	Lebanon
Mutuwa	Damascus, 19 Disamba 2015
Karatu
Makaranta	Open University of Israel (en)
Sana'a
Aikin soja
Ya faɗaci	Israeli–Palestinian conflict (en)
Imani
Addini	Druze

Samir Kuntar (Arabic, kuma an rubuta Sameer, Kantar, Quntar, Qantar; 20 ga watan Yulin 1962 - 19 ga watan Disamba 2015) ya kasance dan Druze na Lebanon na Front Liberation Palestine da Hezbollah. Kotun Isra'ila ta same shi da laifin ta'addanci da kisan kai. Bayan an sake shi daga kurkuku a matsayin wani ɓangare na musayar fursunoni tsakanin Isra'ila da Hezbollah na shekara ta 2008, ya sami lambar yabo mafi girma ta Siriya, wanda Shugaba Mahmoud Ahmadinejad na Iran ya girmama, kuma gwamnatin Amurka ta sanya shi a matsayin mai ta'addanci na duniya.^[1][2]

A Isra'ila, an dauki Kuntar a matsayin wanda ya aikata daya daga cikin hare-haren ta'addanci mafi muni a tarihin kasar. A ranar 22 ga watan Afrilu 1979, yana da shekaru 16, Kuntar ya shiga cikin kisan wani dan sanda na Isra'ila da kuma yunkurin sace wani dangin Isra'ila a Nahariya wanda ya haifar da mutuwar Isra'ilawa huɗu da abokansa biyu.

Bayan an sake shi, Kuntar ya zama babban jami'in Hezbollah. A cewar majiyoyin Druze, Hezbollah ta sanya Kuntar a matsayin mai kula da Gwamnatin Quneitra a lokacin yakin basasar Siriya, inda ya ba da umarnin kai hare-hare kan makaman Isra'ila. A cewar gwamnatin Amurka, Kuntar ya taka rawar gani, tare da taimakon Iran da Siriya, a "gina kayan aikin ta'addanci na Hezbollah a cikin Golan Heights".^[3]

A ranar 19 ga watan Disamba na shekara ta 2015, wani fashewa ya kashe Kuntar a wajen Dimashƙu. A cewar majiyoyin Syria, an kashe Kuntar ta hanyar "harin roket na ta'addanci". A ranar 20 ga watan Disamba na shekara ta 2015, Ministan yada labarai na Siriya Omran al-Zoubi ya bayyana lamarin a matsayin aikin ta'addanci "wanda aka shirya a baya", yana mai cewa hukumomin Siriya suna gudanar da bincike don gano yadda aikin ya faru. Hezbollah ta yi iƙirarin cewa wani makami mai linzami na iska zuwa ƙasa da jiragen saman Sojojin Sama na Isra'ila suka kaddamar ya lalata ginin.^[4] A ranar 21 ga watan Disamba, Sojojin Siriya masu 'yanci sun fitar da wani bidiyon bidiyo da ke ikirarin alhakin kashe Kuntar.

An haifi Kuntar ne a cikin iyalin Druze a Lebanon. Iyayensa sun sake aure ba da daɗewa ba bayan haihuwarsa kuma mahaifiyarsa ta mutu lokacin da yake yaro. Mahaifin ya sake yin aure kuma ya koma Saudi Arabia, ya bar Samir a hannun matarsa ta biyu, Siham, a Abey, ƙauyen kudu maso gabashin Beirut. Kuntar ya bar makaranta yana da shekaru 14 kuma ya sami horo a sansanonin kungiyoyin mayakan Palasdinawa daban-daban kuma ya zama memba na Palestine Liberation Front. Manufarsa ita ce ta shiga cikin hari kan Isra'ila.

A ranar 31 ga watan Janairun shekara ta 1978, Samir Kuntar da wasu 'yan ta'adda uku daga kungiyarsa sun yi ƙoƙari su sace bas din Isra'ila da ke kan layin tsakanin Beit She'an da Tiberias don neman a saki' yan ta'adda da aka daure a Isra'ila. Sun yi tafiya zuwa Jordan kuma sun yi ƙoƙari su haye kogin Jordan zuwa Isra'ila ta hanyar yin iyo. Koyaya, kafin su haye, jami'an leken asirin Jordan sun kama su. An tsare Kuntar na tsawon watanni 11 a kurkuku na Jordan kuma an sake shi a watan Disamba na shekara ta 1978. An hana shi shiga Jordan na tsawon shekaru uku.

• Fursunoni na Lebanon a Isra'ila

• Makircin 'yan ta'adda na iya haifar da fada (Washington Times Agusta 8, 2006)
• Nasrallah ya ce babu wata yarjejeniya ba tare da Samir ba (labari na BBC "Nasrallah yana buƙatar a 'yantar da mayakan", Satumba 12, 2006)
• Isra'ila ta amince da yarjejeniya duk da kimantawa Sojoji sun mutu [ma'amala ta (Jerusalem Post "Majalisar ta yi muhawara game da yarjejeniyar kusan kusan sa'o'i shida kafin kuri'ar, wanda aka amince da shi 22-3 ...", 29 ga Yuni, 2008)