Halloussiyeh

Halloussiyeh حلوسية
Village
Halloussiyeh
Coordinates: 33°18′29″N 35°19′35″E / 33.30806°N 35.32639°E
Grid position	111/152 L
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	South Governorate
District	Tyre
Time zone	GMT +3

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 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."^[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

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.^[5]

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. HRW, 2007, pp. 110-111

Bibliography

• Conder, Claude Reignier; Kitchener, H. H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. 1. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
• Guérin, Victor (1880). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). 3: Galilee, pt. 2. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale.
• HRW (2007). Why They Died: Civilian Casualties in Lebanon During the 2006 War. Human Rights Watch.
• Palmer, E. H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.

External links

• Halloussiyeh, Localiban
• Survey of Western Palestine, Map 2: IAA, Wikimedia commons