Bint Jbeil

Bint Jbeil ( Bint Jbeil in Arabic بنت جبيل, DMG Bint Ǧubail, locally Binti Žbēl, also known as Bint Jbail, Bint Jbeil, Bint Bint Jubail Dschbail or ) is the second largest city in the province Nabataea in southern Lebanon. The city has an estimated population of 30,000. The exact population is unknown, because Lebanon has conducted no official census more since 1932. 1978 penetrated the Israeli army in Lebanon and occupied southern Lebanon except Tyros to the river Litani. It also Bint Jbeil was busy. 1982 Israel again invaded Lebanon and participated in the Lebanese civil war. The city was then occupied by Israel 1982-2000. As Israel zurückgezog after 18 years of presence from southern Lebanon in 2000, Hezbollah took control. The city is referred to by the Lebanese Hezbollah as the "capital of the liberated south" and by the Israelis as the "Capital of Hezbollah ". The city was repeatedly the scene of ground fighting between the Israeli army and Hezbollah during the 2006 Lebanon war.

Some historians believe that the name of the town of Bint Jbeil is derived from a Yemeni name. They argue that the name was associated with tribes from Yemen, who came to the Levant centuries ago and came from Yemeni cities like Dschibla, Dschabalan al - Ardaba and Dschabalan ar - Raima. Other historians are of the view that the Phoenicians, who founded Bint Jbeil, from the northern Lebanese city of Byblos ( Jbeil in Arabic ) had come. Bint Jbeil was a " daughter of Byblos " to understand.