Jumayjimah () is a village in the Bint Jbeil District in southern Lebanon, located north-east of Tebnine.

Name

According to E. H. Palmer, the name El Jumeijmeh comes from "The little sculls".

Jumayjimah

History

In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: "A small village of stone and mud, containing about 100 Metawileh, situated on hill-top, with a few olives and figs around. Water supply from cisterns."

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On 29 September 1992, following an attack on a South Lebanon Army outpost in Rachaf, Hizbullah fighters shot their way through a Unifil checkpoint at Jumayjimah. One Irish soldier was killed, bring the total number of Unifil soldiers killed to 187, 33 of them from Ireland.

Jumayjimah

References

Bibliography

External links

Jmaijmeh, Localiban

Survey of Western Palestine, Map 2: IAA, Wikimedia commons

Populated places in Bint Jbeil District

Shia Muslim communities in Lebanon