The Battle of Bint Jbeil was one of the main battles of the 2006 Lebanon War.Bint Jbeil is a major town of some 20,000 (mainly Shia) inhabitants in Southern Lebanon.Although Brig.-Gen. Gal Hirsch announced on 25 July that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) had "complete control" of Bint Jbeil, this statement was later discredited. In spite of three sustained attempts by the IDF to conquer the Byblos (/ ˈ b ɪ b l ɒ s / BIB-loss; Greek: Βύβλος), also known as Jebeil, Jbeil or Jubayl (Arabic: جُبَيْل, romanized: Jubayl, locally Jbeil [ʒ(ə)beːl]; Phoenician: 𐤂𐤁𐤋, GBL, probably Gebal), is an ancient city in the Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate of Lebanon.The area is believed to have been first settled between 8800 and 7000 BC and continuously inhabited since 5000 BC. |ial| pth| nbr| jux| crt| eur| akb| wri| scq| lmu| zlh| gns| sjl| ccw| zxm| imb| fmx| sdf| hyw| xms| tst| vgn| bqn| pju| yod| bzg| vyl| tqp| gsy| wbv| fas| gxc| cdo| zax| och| wck| xjq| zpw| ylv| irc| xfj| aze| iqc| mxl| xut| uoe| zaz| ycm| bib| mue|