Halloussiyeh

Halloussiyeh (Arabic: حلوسية‎) is a village in Tyre District in Southern Lebanon, located just south of the Litani river.

Halloussiyeh

حلوسية
Village
Halloussiyeh
Coordinates: 33°18′29″N 35°19′35″E
Grid position111/152 L
Country Lebanon
GovernorateSouth Governorate
DistrictTyre
Time zoneGMT +3

Name

According to E. H. Palmer, the name could possibly come from the word for "abundant herbage".[1]

History

In 1875, Victor Guérin noted: "This village is divided into two quarters, the lower of which is called Hallusiyeh et Thata, and the upper Hallusiyeh el Foka. The latter occupies the summit of a high hill. The houses of both quarters are rudely built: they may contain about 500 Metawileh."[2]

In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: "A village, built of stone, divided into two quarters, east and west, with [a] Moslem holy place."[3] They further noted: "The only tradition which connects this village with the past is that a wely consecrated to Neby Mohammed is said to have succeeded an ancient church."[4]

Modern era

On 24 July 2006, during the 2006 Lebanon War, 11 civilians, aged 6 to 86 years of age, were killed by Israeli air-strikes. There were no Hezbollah fighters in the village at the time.[5]

References
  1. Palmer, 1881, p. 21
  2. Guérin, 1880, p. 251; as translated in Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, pp. 91-92
  3. Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 91
  4. Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 116
  5. HRW, 2007, pp. 110-111

Bibliography
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.