Having laid the two kidnapped soldiers to rest, Israelis are expressing increasing outrage over the deal with Hezbollah that let free Samir Kuntar, a Lebanese whom Israel was holding for his having murdered members of the Haran family in April 1979. Today’s Ynet has a piece by noted author Naomi Ragen, in which she calls for the death penalty for terrorists. (Israel does not have the death penalty, except for Nazi war criminals.) Other like-minded pieces appearing in the Israeli media can be found here, here, and here.

Part of the problem is the major heyday that Hezbollah is having with Kuntar. Lest anyone think he may have repented for his gruesome crimes, Kuntar has been paraded around Lebanon, today visiting the graves of fallen terrorists and avowing to continue the legacy of Imad Mughniyeh, Hezbollah’s number two who was killed in Damascus earlier this year. “We swear to God . . . ,” Kuntar said at Mughniyeh’s grave, “to continue on your same path and not to retreat until we achieve the same stature that Allah bestowed on you.”

Meanwhile, the Lebanon war has reached one of the most unforgiving of battlefields: YouTube. Here is the Israeli foreign ministry’s contribution about Samir Kuntar, entitled, “Is He Your Hero?” Not the smoothest presentation perhaps. But at least they’re trying.