Kfar Shouba (Arabic: كفرشوبا), also known as Kfarshouba and Kafr Shuba, is a Lebanese village in the Hasbaya District of the Nabatieh Governorate in Southern Lebanon. 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 near the border of Israel and the Golan Heights, not far from the Shebaa Farms, it overlooks in depth both Israel and the Lebanese Bekaa, which makes it a strategic military location.
Kfar Shouba
كفرشوبا | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Kfar Shouba Location within Lebanon | |
| Coordinates: 33°19′41″N 35°41′33″E / 33.32806°N 35.69250°E | |
| Country |  Lebanon |
| Governorate | Nabatieh Governorate |
| District | Hasbaya District |
| Area | |
• Total | 37 km2 (14 sq mi) |
| (including its hills) | |
| Elevation | 1,256 m (4,121 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,000 (another 8,500 people from the village are living abroad) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Dialing code | +961 |
History
editThe village was occupied by Israeli troops during a punitive mission, in the wake of fedayeen attacks inside Israel, on the 26 of February 1972,[1] and was devastated by a major Israeli attack conducted in January 1975.[2][3] It was bombed and rocketed by Israeli warcraft further on 15 June, and shelled again by Israeli artillery on 31 August, of that year.[4][5][citation needed] The mosque in the village was destroyed in 1972 but partially rebuilt.
It was struck by Israeli air raids and artillery fire in April 2002 after Hezbollah fired rockets at Israeli army positions in the occupied Shebaa Farms.[6]
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.[7]
Kfar Shouba is the second largest village in southern Lebanon, which also contains the largest number of young graduates in the Caza of Hasbaya.
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 Kfarshouba Hills.[8][9] It stands in mountainous terrain.
According to a video posted by the Alma Research and Education Center rockets were fired from a high school in the village during the Israel–Hamas war in October 2023.[10]
Landmarks
editDemographics
editIn 2014 Muslims made up 98,15% of registered voters in Kfar Shouba. 94,34% of the voters were Sunni Muslims.[11]
Large families and notables
edit- Largest families: Al-Kadri (القادري), Kassab (قصب), Abdallah (عبدالله), Diab (ذياب), Ghanem (غانم), Chibli (شبلي), Saleh (صالح), Khebbaiz (خبيز)
- 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
editKfar Shouba farms produce olives (over 100 tonnes in 2006 including olive oil),[dubious – discuss] figs, grapes, and cherries.
References
edit- ^ Denise Ammoun,Histoire du Liban contemporain, tome 2: 1943-1990, Fayard, 2005 p.234.
- ^ Samir Khalaf Civil and Uncivil Violence in Lebanon:A History of the Internationalization of Communal Conflict, Columbia University Press 2013 p.226
- ^ Nadine Picaudou La déchirure libanaise, Editions Complexe,1989 p.121.
- ^ 'Report on the status of the cease-fire in the Israel-Lebanon sector,' UNISPAL June 16, 1975.[dead link]
- ^ 'Letter dated 4 September 1975 from the Permanent Representative of Lebanon to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General,' UNISPAL 4 September 1975.[dead link]
- ^ 'Israel hits back at Hezbollah,'BBC News, 5 April 2002.
- ^ Richard Hall, 'Hezbollah kills two Israeli soldiers in border attack,' GlobalPost 28 January 2015.
- ^ Hezbollah says its arms needed to resist Israel, Al Arabiya, 20 November 2010.
- ^ "Lebanese army urges Israel to withdraw from 'occupied' territories". The Siasat Daily. 2021-06-04. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
- ^ "Hezbollah has fired rockets from a high school in the village of Kfar Shuba". Alma Research and Education Center. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
- ^ https://lub-anan.com/المحافظات/النبطية/حاصبيا/كفرشوبا/المذاهب/
External links
edit- Kfar Chouba (Nkhayleh), Localiban
- www.kafarchouba.com