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Muhaibib
View on WikipediaMuhaibib (Arabic: محيبيب), also spelled Mhaibib, is a municipality in the Marjayoun District in southern Lebanon.
Key Information
Muhaibib holds a shrine to Benjamin, who Islam considers a prophet, which attracts pilgrims and visitors. In October 2024, Israeli forces demolished and bombed the entire village including the shrine.[1][2]
Etymology
[edit]E. H. Palmer wrote that the name Neby Muheibîb meant "the prophet Muheibîb", "beloved".[3]
History
[edit]In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described Neby Muheibib as: "a small village [a]round the stone Neby, containing about seventy Moslems, situated on top of ridge, with olives and arable land; there are two cisterns in the village."[4]
During the 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) released footage of themselves destroying nearly the entirety of Muhaibib.[5][6] The New York Times connected a statement in which the IDF claimed that they had 'dismantled a tunnel network used by Hezbollah's elite Redwan Forces' to the destruction of the village.[5] Al Jazeera published footage of Israeli soldiers they claimed were celebrating the destruction of the village.[7]
The spokesperson for the US Department of State, Matthew Miller, said that "we do not want to see entire villages destroyed", nor "civilian homes".[8] He claimed that there was potential for Hezbollah presence inside civilian homes.[5] He then said: "I don't know what was in those buildings, I don't know what was potentially underneath those buildings."[9]
Demographics
[edit]In 2014 Muslims made up 99.55% of registered voters in Muhaibib. 97.91% of the voters were Shiite Muslims. [10]
References
[edit]- ^ Triebert, Christiaan; Ward, Euan (18 October 2024). "Israel Destroys Nearly All of a Lebanese Village, Photos and Videos Show". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 20 October 2024. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
- ^ "Israel military demolishes historic neighbourhood in southern Lebanese town, video reveals". Middle East Monitor. 16 October 2024. Archived from the original on 16 October 2024. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 92
- ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 202
- ^ a b c Triebert, Christiaan; Ward, Euan (18 October 2024). "Israel Destroys Nearly All of a Lebanese Village, Photos and Videos Show". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 20 October 2024. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
- ^ "Lebanese village of Mhaibib destroyed by Israeli forces". The Daily Telegraph. 17 October 2024. Retrieved 18 October 2024 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Israeli soldiers celebrate destruction of Lebanese village". Al Jazeera. 16 October 2024. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ Chehayeb, Kareem; Zaatari, Mohammad (16 October 2024). "Israeli strikes kill 27 in Lebanon, including in a town with a dark history of civilian deaths". Associated Press. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
- ^ "Matt Lee pressed Matt Miller on Israel blowing up an entire village in southern Lebanon". Dawn. 17 October 2024. Retrieved 19 October 2024 – via YouTube.
- ^ "التوزيع حسب المذاهب للناخبين/ناخبات في بلدة محيبيب، قضاء مرجعيون محافظة النبطية في لبنان".
Bibliography
[edit]- Conder, C.R.; Kitchener, H.H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. Vol. 1. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
- 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
[edit]- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 4: IAA, Wikimedia commons
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