| Jibbain | |
| Other Name: | Jebbayn, Jebbine |
| Native Name: | الجبين |
| Native Name Lang: | ara |
| Pushpin Map: | Lebanon |
| Pushpin Map Alt: | Map showing the location of Jibbain within Lebanon |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Lebanon |
| Coordinates: | 33.1231°N 35.2336°W |
| Grid Position: | 172/280 PAL |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  |
| Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
| Subdivision Name1: | South Lebanon Governorate |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Tyre District |
| Elevation M: | 440 |
| 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 |
Jibbain (Arabic: الجبين) is a municipality in Southern Lebanon, located in Tyre District, Governorate of South Lebanon.
According to E. H. Palmer, the name means "the two pits".[1]
In 1596, it was named as a village, Jibin, in the Ottoman nahiya (subdistrict) of Tibnin under the liwa' (district) of Safad, with a population of 7 households, all Muslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax-rate of 25% on agricultural products, such as wheat, barley, olive trees, goats, beehives; in addition to occasional revenues and a press for olive oil or grape syrup; a total of 2,177 akçe.[2] [3]
In 1875, Victor Guérin noted here "a few Metawileh families", who inhabited an ancient locality.[4]
In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: "A small village, built of stone, containing about seventy Metawileh; it is situated on a hill, with figs, olives, and arable land around. There are three cisterns for water."[5] They further noted a ruined, rock-cut birket.[6]
On August 3 or 4, 2006, during the 2006 Lebanon War, Israeli helicopter strikes killed 4 Hezbollah operatives in an uninhabited valley some 900 meters from Jibbain. At the same time, they fired on the house nearest, killing 4 civilians, aged 42 to 81 years of age.[7]
