Jibbain (Arabic: الجبين) is a municipality in Southern Lebanon, located in Tyre District, Governorate of South Lebanon.
Jibbain
الجبين Jebbayn, Jebbine | |
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Jibbain Location within Lebanon | |
Coordinates: 33°7′23″N 35°14′1″E / 33.12306°N 35.23361°E | |
Grid position | 172/280 PAL |
Country | Lebanon |
Governorate | South Lebanon Governorate |
District | Tyre District |
Elevation | 440 m (1,440 ft) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
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]