Halloussiyeh | |
Native Name: | حلوسية |
Native Name Lang: | ara |
Settlement Type: | Village |
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: | 280 |
Timezone: | GMT +3 |
Coordinates: | 33.3081°N 35.3264°W |
Grid Position: | 111/152 L |
Halloussiyeh (Arabic: حلوسية) is a village in Tyre District in Southern Lebanon, located just south of the Litani river.
According to E. H. Palmer, the name could possibly come from the word for "abundant herbage".[1]
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]
In January 1984 Israel soldiers detained the local Imam and five young men from the village. They then used a bulldozer to demolish the Imam’s house.[5]
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.[6]