| Ebel El Saqi | |
| Native Name: | إبل السقي |
| Native Name Lang: | ara |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Pushpin Map: | Lebanon |
| Pushpin Map Alt: | Map showing the location of Ibl al-Saqi within Lebanon |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Lebanon |
| Coordinates: | 33.3573°N 35.6275°W |
| Grid Position: | 139/157 L |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  |
| Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
| Subdivision Name1: | Nabatieh Governorate |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Marjeyoun District |
| Elevation M: | 670 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | EET |
| Utc Offset1: | +2 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | EEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +3 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
| Area Code: | +961 |
Ibl al-Saqi (إبل السقي) is a town in the Marjeyoun District in southern Lebanon.
In 1875, Victor Guérin found it to be a "considerable" village, with about 1000 inhabitants. 700 were "Schismatic Greek" and the rest were apparently Druze. At the north-west of the village there was an abundant stream.[1]
Following the establishment of UNIFIL Ibl al-Saqi was in the eastern most sector in which the UN had soldiers with the Norwegian Army establishing their base near the village. In 1999 they were replaced by an Indian battalion from the 4th Gurkha Rifles. On 2 March 1999 the IDF South Lebanon coordinator, Brigadier General Erez Gerstein was killed by a roadside bomb on the road between Ibl al-Saqi and Kaukaba. The two soldiers and a reporter he was travelling with were also killed.[2] [3]
In June 1999, as the South Lebanon Army (SLA) withdrew from Jezzine, retreating SLA members and their families commandeered empty houses in Ibl al-Saqi, Kawkaba and Marjayun. At the time it was estimated that the SLA had only four hundred men.[4]
Kongsvinger, Norway. Victor Guérin. Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine. 3: Galilee, pt. 2. 1880. L'Imprimerie Nationale. Paris. French.