Halloussiyeh Explained

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.

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

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]

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Notes and 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. [Odd Karsten Tveit|Tveit, Odd Karsten]
  6. HRW, 2007, pp. 110-111