Shihin, Tyre
[2] He also noted: "that the hill on which the village stands is surrounded by an enclosure constructed of great blocks regularly cut and of varying dimensions.On the highest point of the hill may be remarked the remains of a fortress built with stones of the same dressing, the interior of which has been transformed into private houses, themselves half demolished.Here are also broken sarcophagi, cisterns, a press cut in the rock, and a great basin to hold rain-water."[3] In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: "A stone and mud village, containing 150 Metawileh, with traces of ruins [..], situated on ridge of hills, with figs, olives and arable land.On 19 August, nineteen days after the cease fire was established, eight Israeli soldiers were killed in a Hizbollah ambush close to the village.
CountryLebanonGovernorateSouth GovernorateDistrictTyre DistrictTime zoneDialing codeArabicSouthern LebanonGovernorate of South LebanonE. H. PalmerVictor GuérinMetawilehsarcophagicisternsSurvey of Western Palestine (SWP)columnOperation AccountabilityMuslimsShiite MuslimsMiddle East InternationalLord MayhewDennis Walters MPMichael AdamsConder, C.R.Kitchener, H.H.Committee of the Palestine Exploration FundGuérin, V.Palmer, E.H.Al-AabbassiyahAaititAalma ash-ShaabAin Abu AabdallahAin az-ZarqaAin BaalArzounBaflayBarishAl-BasatinBatoulayAl-BayyadAl-BazouriyahBediasBestiyatBurj el-ShamaliAl-BurghuliyahBurj RahalAl-BustanDebaalDeir AamesDeir KifaDeir Qanoun an-NaherDeir Qanoun Ras al-AinDerdghayaAd-DuhairahAl-HalloussiyahAl-HamairiHannaouiyahAl-HanniyeJannataJebal al-BottomAl-JibbainAl-KnaissahMaarakahMaaroubMahrounaAl-MajadelMajdal ZounMalikiyat as-SahelAl-MansouriMarwahinMazraat MeshrefAn-NaffakhiyahAn-NaqouraAl-QlailahAr-RamadiyahReshknanayAs-SammaaiyahSeddiqinAsh-ShaaitiyahShabrihaShamaaShehourChehabiyehTayr DebbaTayr FelsayTayr HarfaWadi JilouYanouhZalloutiehZibqinAl-BussRashidiehUmm al-AmadLadder of Tyre