Talloussa (طلوسة) is a village in the

Marjeyoun District The Marjeyoun District is a district in the Nabatieh Governorate of Lebanon. The capital of the district is Marjeyoun. Marjeyoun Marjayoun ( ar, مرج عيون: Lebanese pronunciation), also Marj 'Ayoun, Marjuyun or Marjeyoun (lit. "meadow o ...

in southern

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Name

According to

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, the name comes from a personal name.

History

In 1881, the PEF's ''Survey of Western Palestine'' (SWP) described it as: "A small village, built of stone, containing about 100 Metawileh, situated on hill-top, and surrounded by arable cultivation, water supplied from

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s and birket." On 4 March 1992 one SLA member was killed and five wounded in an ambush on the Tallouseh road. The following day the

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raided the village, searching houses and detaining villagers.

UNIFIL The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon ( ar, قوة الأمم المتحدة المؤقتة في لبنان, he, כוח האו"ם הזמני בלבנון), or UNIFIL ( ar, يونيفيل, he, יוניפי״ל), is a UN peacekeeping m ...

lodged a complaint with the Israelis after their observers were prevented from entering the village to inspect condition of residents. During the

2006 Lebanon War The 2006 Lebanon War, also called the 2006 Israel–Hezbollah War and known in Lebanon as the July War ( ar, حرب تموز, ''Ḥarb Tammūz'') and in Israel as the Second Lebanon War ( he, מלחמת לבנון השנייה, ''Milhemet Leva ...

, Israeli warplanes killed three civilians belonging to the Mukhtar´s family in the village.HRW, 2007, p
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External links

Localiban *Survey of Western Palestine, Map 2:
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{{Marjeyoun District Populated places in Marjeyoun District Shia Muslim communities in Lebanon