| Al-Qlailah | |
| Native Name: | القليلة |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Lebanon |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Lebanon |
| Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
| Subdivision Name1: | South Governorate |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Tyre |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Elevation M: | 30 |
| Timezone: | GMT +3 |
| Coordinates: | 33.1964°N 35.2311°W |
| Grid Position: | 171/289 PAL |
Al-Qlailah (ar|القليلة ) is a municipality in the Tyre District in South Lebanon.
According to E. H. Palmer in 1881, the name Leileh comes from a female proper name; it also means “night”.[1]
In 1875, Victor Guérin describes a ruin to the east of the village, which he calls Kh. Kleileh. "The upright of oil-presses, a winepress cut in the rock, with two compartments, one round and one square, and three broken sarcophagi, are all that remain here. A short distance south of this place he found another ruined hamlet, having a cistern cut in the rock, and an enormous millstone lying on the ground, called Kh. Ratieh".[2]
In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: "A small well-built stone village, containing about 50 Moslems, surrounded by olives and arable ground. The water supply is from Ain Zaheiriyeh."[3]
On 13 May 2021, shortly after the beginning of the 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis, a number of rockets – apparently Soviet-era short-range Grad projectiles – were fired from the coastal area of Al-Qlailah, just south of the Palestinian refugee camp of Rashidieh towards northern Israel. According to some reports, three rockets were involved which all fell into the Mediterranean Sea, causing no damage.[4] [5] According to other sources, altogether five missiles were launched and two of them crashed onto Lebanese grounds, while three got lost off the coast.[6]
In 2014 Muslims made up 99.38% of registered voters in Al-Qlailah. 98.06% of the voters were Shiite Muslims.[7]
. Victor Guérin. Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine. 3: Galilee, pt. 2. 1880. L'Imprimerie Nationale. Paris. French.
. Edward Henry Palmer. 1881. The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
