Grid position 111/152 L Governorate South Governorate Time zone GMT +3 | Country Lebanon District Tyre | |
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Halloussiyeh (Arabic: حلوسية) is a village in Tyre District in Southern Lebanon, located just south of the Litani river.
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Map of Hallousiyyeh, Lebanon
Name
According to E. H. Palmer, the name could possibly come from the word for "abundant herbage".
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."
In 1881, the Palestine Exploration Fund'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." 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."
Modern era
On July 24 2006, during the 2006 Lebanon War, 11 civilians, aged 6 to 86 years, were killed by Israeli air-strikes. There were no Hizbollah fighters in the village at the time.