Al-Halloussiyah () is a municipality in Tyre District in Southern Lebanon, located just south of the Litani River.
Etymology According to E. H. Palmer, the name could possibly come from the word for "abundant herbage".Palmer, 1881, p. 21
History In 1875, Victor Guérin noted: "This village is divided into two quarters, the lower of which is called Hallusiyeh et Thata, and the upper Hallusiyeh el Foka. The latter occupies the summit of a high hill. The houses of both quarters are rudely built: they may contain about 500 Metawileh."Guérin, 1880, p. 251; as translated in Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, pp. 91-92
In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: "A village, built of stone, divided into two quarters, east and west, with [a] Moslem holy place."Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 91 They further noted: "The only tradition which connects this village with the past is that a wely consecrated to Neby Mohammed is said to have succeeded an ancient church."Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 116
Modern era In January 1984 Israel soldiers detained the local Imam and five young men from the village. They then used a bulldozer to demolish the Imam’s house.Tveit, Odd Karsten (2010) Goodbye Lebanon. Israel's First Defeat. Rimal Publication. Translated by Peter Scott-Hansen. p.68
On 24 July 2006, during the 2006 Lebanon War, 11 civilians, aged 6 to 86 years of age, were killed by Israeli air-strikes. There were no Hezbollah fighters in the village at the time, according to the villagers.HRW, 2007, pp. 110-111
Demographics In 2014 Muslims made up 99.56% of registered voters in Al-Halloussiyah. 97.93% of the voters were Shiite Muslims.https://lub-anan.com/المحافظات/الجنوب/صور/الحلوسية/المذاهب/
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External links Halloussiyeh, Localiban Survey of Western Palestine, Map 2: IAA, Wikimedia commons