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Bint Jbeil
Bint Jbeil (Arabic: بنت جبيل, romanized: Bint Jubayl, lit. 'daughter of (the) little mountain / Byblos'; Levantine Arabic pronunciation: [bɪnt ʒbeːl]) is the second largest municipality in the Nabatiye Governorate in Southern Lebanon.
In 2001 the town's populated was estimated at 30,000, with the exact population unknown because Lebanon had not conducted a population census since 1932.. The Shi'ite town was a major Hezbollah stronghold from 2000 to 2026. In April 2026, the town was depopulated and heavily damaged in a battle between Hezbollah and Israel, and then subsequently occupied and destroyed by Israel.
The Phoenician origin[citation needed] of the towns' name suggest it dates back to that period. The name itself has several meanings as the word Bint in Arabic means Daughter. Therefore it could be "daughter of the mountain". In the town, there is evidence from the Roman and Byzantine period, as seen in temple ruins, columns and houses.
Ottoman rule in Jabal Amel, which lasted from 1516 to 1918, was often harsh, marked by heavy taxation, periodic military repression of the local Shiʿa communities, and punishment of revolts that disrupted everyday life and stability.
In 1596, it was named as a village, "Bint Jubayl" in the Ottoman nahiya (subdistrict) of Tibnin under the liwa' (district) of Safad, with a population of 238 households and 60 bachelors, all Muslim. The villagers paid taxes on agricultural products, such as wheat, barley, olive trees, fruit trees, goats and beehives, in addition to "occasional revenues", a press for olive oil or grape syrup, and a fixed sum; a total of 25,220 akçe.
In 1838 Edward Robinson noted it as a large Shia village.
In 1875, Victor Guérin found it to be a village with one thousand Metualis, spread over a low hill and into a valley, with many recently rebuilt houses. He notes that its inhabitants draw water from a well, several ancient cisterns, and two large reservoirs used for animals, and observes around one of these basins scattered stones, including finely cut blocks from a ruined structure and the decorated lid of a broken sarcophagus. He concluded that the village stands on the site of a former Jewish settlement whose original name has been lost.
In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: "A very large Metawileh village, containing about 1,100 to 1,500 Metawileh. A market is held here every Thursday. The village is well built, and has a mosque. The situation is surrounded by higher hills, though the village is on high ground. The cultivation around is grapes, olives, and arable land. Water is supplied from a spring and many cisterns and large birket."
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Bint Jbeil
Bint Jbeil (Arabic: بنت جبيل, romanized: Bint Jubayl, lit. 'daughter of (the) little mountain / Byblos'; Levantine Arabic pronunciation: [bɪnt ʒbeːl]) is the second largest municipality in the Nabatiye Governorate in Southern Lebanon.
In 2001 the town's populated was estimated at 30,000, with the exact population unknown because Lebanon had not conducted a population census since 1932.. The Shi'ite town was a major Hezbollah stronghold from 2000 to 2026. In April 2026, the town was depopulated and heavily damaged in a battle between Hezbollah and Israel, and then subsequently occupied and destroyed by Israel.
The Phoenician origin[citation needed] of the towns' name suggest it dates back to that period. The name itself has several meanings as the word Bint in Arabic means Daughter. Therefore it could be "daughter of the mountain". In the town, there is evidence from the Roman and Byzantine period, as seen in temple ruins, columns and houses.
Ottoman rule in Jabal Amel, which lasted from 1516 to 1918, was often harsh, marked by heavy taxation, periodic military repression of the local Shiʿa communities, and punishment of revolts that disrupted everyday life and stability.
In 1596, it was named as a village, "Bint Jubayl" in the Ottoman nahiya (subdistrict) of Tibnin under the liwa' (district) of Safad, with a population of 238 households and 60 bachelors, all Muslim. The villagers paid taxes on agricultural products, such as wheat, barley, olive trees, fruit trees, goats and beehives, in addition to "occasional revenues", a press for olive oil or grape syrup, and a fixed sum; a total of 25,220 akçe.
In 1838 Edward Robinson noted it as a large Shia village.
In 1875, Victor Guérin found it to be a village with one thousand Metualis, spread over a low hill and into a valley, with many recently rebuilt houses. He notes that its inhabitants draw water from a well, several ancient cisterns, and two large reservoirs used for animals, and observes around one of these basins scattered stones, including finely cut blocks from a ruined structure and the decorated lid of a broken sarcophagus. He concluded that the village stands on the site of a former Jewish settlement whose original name has been lost.
In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: "A very large Metawileh village, containing about 1,100 to 1,500 Metawileh. A market is held here every Thursday. The village is well built, and has a mosque. The situation is surrounded by higher hills, though the village is on high ground. The cultivation around is grapes, olives, and arable land. Water is supplied from a spring and many cisterns and large birket."
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