Ghandouriyeh ( ar, غندورية) is a
Lebanese municipality located in the
Bint Jbeil District, south of
Froun
Froun ( ar, فرون) is a village in the Bint Jbeil District in southern Lebanon. Name
According to E. H. Palmer, the name ''Furûn'' comes from "the ovens" or "reservoirs". History
In 1881, the PEF's ''Survey of Western Palestine'' (SWP) ...
. It was formerly known as ''Aidib''.
Name
In the 1800s, the village was called Aidib, and
E. H. Palmer
Edward Henry Palmer (7 August 184010 August 1882), known as E. H. Palmer, was an England, English oriental studies, orientalist and explorer.
Biography
Youth and education
Palmer was born in Green Street, Cambridge the son of a private schoo ...
wrote in 1881 that the name came from a local form connected with “much sand”.
History
In 1881, the
PEF's
''Survey of Western Palestine'' (SWP) described ''Aidib'' as: "A small village, built of stone and mud, situated on the slope of a hill and surrounded by a few fig-trees and olives. It contains about ninety
Metawileh, and is supplied with water from three rock-cut
cistern
A cistern (Middle English ', from Latin ', from ', "box", from Greek ', "basket") is a waterproof receptacle for holding liquids, usually water. Cisterns are often built to catch and store rainwater. Cisterns are distinguished from wells by t ...
s and a spring."
During the 2006
Israeli offensive against
Hizbollah Israeli
Nahal
Nahal ( he, נח"ל) (acronym of ''Noar Halutzi Lohem'', lit. Fighting Pioneer Youth) is a program that combines military service with mostly social welfare and informal education projects such as youth movement activities, as well as training ...
commandos were airlifted into Ghanduriyah. A column of tanks attempting to reach them was ambushed in Wadi Salouqi. Eleven tanks were hit and seventeen Israeli soldiers killed, with fifty wounded.
[ Hirst, David (2010) ''Beware of Small States. Lebanon, battleground of the Middle East.'' Faber and Faber. pp.372-373]
References
Bibliography
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External links
Ghandouriyeh Localiban
*Survey of Western Palestine, Map 2:
IAAWikimedia commons
{{Bint Jbeil District
Populated places in Bint Jbeil District
Shia Muslim communities in Lebanon