Qlaileh ( ar, القليلة ) is a town in the
Tyre District in South
Lebanon
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.
Name
According to
E. H. Palmer
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Biography
Youth and education
Palmer was born in Green Street, Cambridge the son of a private schoo ...
in 1881, the name ''Leileh'' comes from a female proper name; it also means “night”.
History
In 1875,
Victor Guérin
Victor Guérin (15 September 1821 – 21 Septembe 1890) was a French intellectual, explorer and amateur archaeologist. He published books describing the geography, archeology and history of the areas he explored, which included Greece, Asia Mino ...
describes a ruin to the east of the village, which he calls ''Kh. Kleileh''. "The upright of oil-presses, a winepress cut in the rock, with two compartments, one round and one square, and three broken
sarcophagi, are all that remain here. A short distance south of this place he found another ruined
hamlet
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, having a
cistern
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cut in the rock, and an enormous millstone lying on the ground, called ''Kh. Ratieh''".
In 1881, the
PEF's
''Survey of Western Palestine'' (SWP) described it: "A small well-built stone village, containing about 50
Moslem
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s, surrounded by olives and arable ground. The water supply is from Ain Zaheiriyeh.''"
On 13 May 2021, shortly after the beginning of the
2021 Israel–Palestine crisis
A major outbreak of violence in the ongoing Israeli–Palestinian conflict commenced on 10 May 2021, though disturbances took place earlier, and continued until a ceasefire came into effect on 21 May. It was marked by protests and police riot ...
, a number of rockets - apparently
Soviet
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-era short-range
Grad projectiles - were fired from the coastal area of Qlaileh just South of the Palestinian refugee camp of
Rashidieh towards
northern Israel. According to some reports, three rockets were involved which all fell into the
Mediterranean Sea
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, causing no damage According to other sources, altogether five missiles were launched and two of them crashed onto Lebanese grounds, while three got lost off the coast.
References
Bibliography
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External links
Qlaileh Localiban
*Survey of Western Palestine, Map 1
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{{Tyre District
Populated places in Tyre District