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Ain El Delb

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Ain El Delb
عين الدلب
Village
Ain El Delb is located in Lebanon
Ain El Delb
Ain El Delb
Location in Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°32′28″N 35°23′18″E / 33.541104°N 35.388272°E / 33.541104; 35.388272
Country Lebanon
GovernorateSouth Governorate
DistrictSidon District
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Ain El Delb (عين الدلب) is a small village in the Sidon District of the South Governorate in Lebanon.

History

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In 1875 Victor Guérin found the village to be inhabited by Maronites.[1]

On 29 September 2024, Israeli airstikes on a residential building killed 32 people, and wounded another 53, according to Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health[2]

References

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  1. ^ Guérin, 1880, p. 513
  2. ^ Israeli Airstrikes on Ain al-Delb Cause Heavy Casualties, 29 September 2024

Bibliography

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  • Guérin, V. (1880). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). Vol. 3: Galilee, pt. 2. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale.
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