Majdal Zoun

Majdal Zoun
مجدل زون
Municipality
Majdal Zoun is located in Lebanon
Majdal Zoun
Majdal Zoun
Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°09′07″N 35°13′39″E / 33.1519°N 35.2275°E / 33.1519; 35.2275
Grid position171/283 PAL
Country Lebanon
GovernorateSouth Governorate
DistrictTyre
Population
 • Estimate 
(2024)
4,500

Majdal Zoun or Majdalzoun (Arabic: مجدل زون) is a municipality in the Tyre district of Southern Lebanon.[1][2]

The total population of the town is about 4500, who work predominantly in agriculture. The municipality was established in 2004.

In 2026 the village was mostly destroyed in a large explosion detonated by the Israeli Defense Forces.[3][4]

History

Ottoman era

In 1596, it was named as a village, Majdal Zurayd, in the Ottoman nahiya (subdistrict) of Tibnin under the liwa' (district) of Safad, with a population of 5 households, all Muslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax-rate of 25% on agricultural products, such as wheat, barley, fruit trees, goats & beehives; in addition to occasional revenues and a tax on winter pastures; a total of 3,100 akçe.[5][6]

In 1881, the village was described under the name El Mejdel ("The watch-tower"[7]) in the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) as "A large and conspicuous village, containing about 400 Moslems ; it is situated on a hill, with figs, olives, and arable land. The water from birket; there are two cisterns in village." [8]

Modern era

Situated near the Israeli–Lebanese border,[9] the town has been the target of numerous Israeli airstrikes throughout the conflict since 2023.[10] The Israel Defense Forces killed eight people in an air raid on the village on April 28.[11][12] In June 2026, Israeli forces claimed to have discovered an underground tunnel in the village used by Hezbollah for weapon depots.[13][14] On June 29, the Israel Defense Forces detonated a large explosion in Majdal Zoun, killing people and destroying most of the village.[3][4]

Demographics

In 2014 Muslims made up 99.96% of registered voters in Majdal Zoun. 99.53% of the voters were Shiite Muslims.[15]

References

  1. ↑ "مجدل زون… واجهة أثرية بين أيادٍ متعثّرة وكسّارات مدمرة". جريدة البناء | Al-binaa Newspaper (in Arabic). Retrieved 2024-10-27.
  2. ↑ معجم قرى جبل عامل - الشيخ سليمان ضاهر العاملي - الجزء 2 - الصفحة 247
  3. 1 2 "Majdal Zoun 'cut in two' after Israel dynamites alleged Hezbollah tunnel". l'Orient Today. Retrieved 2026-07-21.
  4. 1 2 @greensoutherners; (30 June 2026). "Using Tens of Tons of Explosives Israel Destroys Majdal Zoun". Retrieved 2026-07-21 – via Instagram.
  5. ↑ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 181
  6. ↑ Note that Rhode, 1979, p. 6 Archived 2019-04-20 at the Wayback Machine writes that the register that Hütteroth and Abdulfattah studied was not from 1595/6, but from 1548/9
  7. ↑ Palmer, 1881, p.52
  8. ↑ Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p.151
  9. ↑ "مجدل زون جارة المنصوري: فاجعة الطفولة المقتولة".
  10. ↑ "Security update: Intense Israeli airstrikes pound Majdal Zoun, several towns in Jezzine".
  11. ↑ "8 killed in Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon despite cease-fire". Daily Sabah. Retrieved 2026-07-21.
  12. ↑ "L'armée d'Israël annonce la découverte de tunnels du Hezbollah". Le Republicain Lorrain. Retrieved 2026-07-21.
  13. ↑ "Israeli army: Majdal Zoun tunnel shows Hezbollah used civilian areas for military sites". LBCIV7. Retrieved 2026-06-22.
  14. ↑ "New photos show tunnel discovered in south Lebanons Majdal Zoun". LBCIV7. Retrieved 2026-06-22.
  15. ↑ https://lub-anan.com/المحافظات/الجنوب/صور/مجدلزون/المذاهب/

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