Kfarchouba ( ar, كفرشوبا), also known as Kafrchouba and Kafr Shuba, is a Lebanese village in the

Hasbaya District The Hasbaya District is a district in the Nabatiyeh Governorate of Lebanon. It lies in the southeast, bordering Syria. The capital of the district is Hasbaya Hasbeya or Hasbeiya ( ar, حاصبيا) is a town in Lebanon, situated at the foot of ...

of the

Nabatieh Governorate Nabatieh Governorate ( ar, محافظة النبطية, ') is one of the nine governorates of Lebanon. The area of this governorate is 1,058 km2. The capital is Nabatieh. Districts The governorate is divided into four districts (Aqdiya, sing ...

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.The people of the village are Sunni Muslims. It is situated in the region of Arkoub, at 1256 m above sea level and 130 km from Beirut. Located on the border of

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

near the Golan Heights, not far from the

Shebaa Farms The Shebaa Farms, also spelled Sheba'a Farms ( ar, مزارع شبعا, '; he, חוות שבעא, ''Havot Sheba‘a'' or הר דוב, ''Har Dov''), are a small strip of land at the intersection of the Lebanese-Syrian border and the Israeli-oc ...

, it overlooks in depth both

and the Lebanese

Bekaa The Beqaa Valley ( ar, links=no, وادي البقاع, ', Lebanese ), also transliterated as Bekaa, Biqâ, and Becaa and known in classical antiquity as Coele-Syria, is a fertile valley in eastern Lebanon. It is Lebanon's most important ...

, which makes it a strategic military location. The Lebanese Army, as well as Hezbollah, say that that Israel is still occupying the general area in which the village is located, known as the Kfar Chouba Hills. It stands in mountainous terrain.

History

The village was occupied by Israeli troops during a punitive mission, in the wake of fedayeen attacks inside Israel, on the 26 of February 1972, and was devastated by a major Israeli attack conducted in January 1975. It was bombed and rocketed by Israeli warcraft further on 15 June, and shelled again by Israeli artillery on 31 August, of that year. It was struck by Israeli air raids and artillery fire in April 2002. During the Israeli invasion in 2006, 60 houses were completely destroyed, and 650 were damaged. Currently, over 90% of the population of Kfarchouba lives outside Lebanon. A total of 800 houses make up the village. The school was rebuilt in the 90s. After the return of some immigrants in 2006, a second section was built. In retaliation for a Hezbollah retaliatory strike against an Israeli patrol on the 28 January 2015, the village was shelled by IDF artillery fire, together with the two other border villages of Majidiyeh, Abbasiyeh.Richard Hall
'Hezbollah kills two Israeli soldiers in border attack,'

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28 January 2015. The mosque in the village was destroyed in 1972 and partially rebuilt. Kfarchouba is the second largest village in southern Lebanon, which also contains the largest number of young graduates in the Caza of Hasbaya.

Landmarks

* The Shkif (in Arabic الشقيف) * Ajami, and Mobaraki Sheikh Salam: Considered to be The three major holy chains.

Large families and notables

* Largest families: Al-Kadri (القادري), Kassab (قصب), Abdallah (عبدالله), Diab (ذياب), Ghanem (غانم), Chibli (شبلي), Saleh(صالح) * President of the municipal council: Dr Kassem El Kadiri * Mayors: Mohammad Kassab (Abu Naser), Mohamad Hamed, Ali Salah Diab * Director of Secondary school: Mohamad El Kadiri * Director of primary school: Ahmad Toufic Kassab

Agriculture

Kfarchouba farms produce

olives The olive, botanical name ''Olea europaea'', meaning 'European olive' in Latin, is a species of small tree or shrub in the family Oleaceae, found traditionally in the Mediterranean Basin. When in shrub form, it is known as ''Olea europaea'' 'M ...

(over 100 tonnes in 2006 including olive oil),

figs The fig is the edible fruit of ''Ficus carica'', a species of small tree in the flowering plant family Moraceae. Native to the Mediterranean and western Asia, it has been cultivated since ancient times and is now widely grown throughout the world ...

grapes A grape is a fruit, botanically a berry, of the deciduous woody vines of the flowering plant genus ''Vitis''. Grapes are a non- climacteric type of fruit, generally occurring in clusters. The cultivation of grapes began perhaps 8,000 years ago, ...

, and cherries.

References

External links

Kfar Chouba (Nkhayleh)
Localiban
www.kafarchouba.com
{{Hasbaya District Populated places in Hasbaya District