An-Naqoura

An-Naqoura
الناقورة
Map showing the location of An-Naqoura within Lebanon
Map showing the location of An-Naqoura within Lebanon
An-Naqoura
Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°07′6″N 35°08′24″E / 33.11833°N 35.14000°E / 33.11833; 35.14000
Grid position163/281 PAL
Country Lebanon
GovernorateSouth Governorate
DistrictTyre District
Highest elevation
60 m (200 ft)
Population
 • Total
4,150[1]
Time zone+2
 • Summer (DST)+3

An-Naqoura (Arabic: الناقورة, Enn Nâqoura, Naqoura, An Nāqūrah) is a municipality in southern Lebanon. Since March 23, 1978, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has been headquartered in An-Naqoura.

Etymology

According to E. H. Palmer (1881), the name means "the horn" or "the trumpet". This name rises from a misconception on the part of the Arab-speaking inhabitants, as the name, [..] Tyre means in Arabic a horn or trumpet; therefore Ras Sur (the headland or ladder of Tyre') is rendered by Nakura, the synonym for Sur. The word is also connected with [..] to peck or perforate."[2]

History

UN troops in An-Naqoura

In 1875, during the late Ottoman era, Victor Guérin described it: "The village stands upon a hill, on the south of which is a deep way, through which flows a spring called 'Ain Nakurah, which waters plantations of fig-trees and olives mixed with palms. The village contains 400 Metawileh. The houses are modern, but some of the materials appear ancient by their regularity and dimensions. There must, therefore, have been an older village here, the name of which was probably similar, if not identical."[3] According to Guérin, the place is associated with the historic Ladder of the Tyrians (Scala Tyriorum).[4]

In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: "A village, built of stone, containing about 250 Moslems, situated on low hills by sea-coast. Gardens of olives, palms, pomegranates, figs, and arable land; brushwood to the east. Two springs with plentiful supply of water."[5]

In 1978 UNIFIL established its headquarters around the former toll station beside An-Naqoura. Some of the buildings marked the end of the Lebanese section of the Beirut-Haifa railway which had been closed since Jewish forces blew up the tunnel into Palestine in 1948.[6]

Following the 1982 invasion An-Naqoura became part of the Israeli Security Zone. In November 1983 Israeli and Lebanese officials began a series of meetings in the UN headquarters in An-Naqoura to negotiate an Israeli withdrawal.[7]

In the autumn of 1986 Lahad’s South Lebanon Army constructed a small port in An-Naqoura from which a ferry connected to Jounieh, north of Beirut.[8] On 3 September 1991 a Swedish soldier serving with UNIFIL, was killed when he was caught in a shootout between Palestinians and SLA gunmen in An-Naqoura.[9]

Twelve days later, 15 September, another Swedish soldier was killed and five Swedish and French soldiers were wounded when Palestinian gunmen intending to carry out an attack on the Israeli city of Nahariya en route to their target by boat mistakenly landed in An-Naqoura and confronted UNIFIL troops. One of the gunmen was also killed and another injured.[10]

During the 2024 Israel-Hezbollah conflict, Lebanese Health Ministry officials reported two deaths from an Israeli airstrike on a car in An-Naqoura. UN peacekeepers accused Israel of a "deliberate and direct" attack on their positions in Lebanon, following multiple incursions, including one incident in Ras an-Naqoura where Israeli military vehicles reportedly damaged a fence and concrete structure.[11] The IDF acknowledged that Hezbollah rockets had hit UNIFIL’s An-Naqoura headquarters, lightly wounding eight Austrian soldiers. The EU condemned the violence, urging protection for UN personnel and the continuation of UNIFIL’s peacekeeping mission.[12][13] During the Lebanon-Israel ceasefire of 2024 ground operations were conducted throughout the village by the Israeli army, finding many ammunition hidden by Hizballah militants inside and in the vicinity of the village, some misseles and mortars directed at Israeli communities were even found less than 100 meters than the UN base [14].In December 2024 reports claimed that the Israeli army demolished and detonated houses in the village.[15]

Demographics

In 2014 Muslims made up 98.98% of registered voters in An-Naqoura. 88.54% of the voters were Shiite Muslims and 10.43% were Sunni Muslims.[16]

References

  1. ^ "NAQOURA VILLAGE PROFILE" (PDF). civilsociety-centre.org.
  2. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 53
  3. ^ Guérin, 1880, pp. 169-170; as translated in Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 151
  4. ^ Guérin (1880), pp. 167–168
  5. ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 151
  6. ^ Tveit, Odd Karsten (2010) Goodbye Lebanon. Israel's First Defeat. Rimal Publication. Translated by Peter Scott-Hansen. ISBN 978-9963-715-03-9 p.93
  7. ^ Tveit (2010), p.104
  8. ^ Middle East International No 291, 9 January 1987; Publishers Lord Mayhew, Dennis Walters MP; Jim Muir pp.3-4
  9. ^ "Björn Eggeblad fick benet avskjutet i gisslandramat i Libanon" [Björn Eggeblad got his leg shot off in the hostage situation in Lebanon]. Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 8 March 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2017. "Avlidna utlandsstyrkan" (PDF) (in Swedish). Swedish Armed Forces. p. 2. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
  10. ^ "Two Unifil Soldiers Killed in Two Encounters in Lebanon". 16 September 1991.
  11. ^ Two people killed in Israeli airstrike on car in An-Naqoura, southern Lebanon. Retrieved 2024-11-11 – via apnews.com.
  12. ^ "UN peacekeepers accuse Israel of 'deliberate and direct' attack in Lebanon". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
  13. ^ "Israeli forces fire on UN peacekeepers in Lebanon | UN News". news.un.org. 2024-10-10. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
  14. ^ "אלון בן דוד, חדשות 13 המהדורה המרכזית*, עם לוחמי צק״ח 226 בדרום לבנון". Channel 13 News (Israeli Media). 2024-12-19.
  15. ^ "Israeli army destroys homes and advances in Naqoura, South Lebanon: NNA". LBCIV7. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
  16. ^ "التوزيع حسب المذاهب للناخبين/ناخبات في بلدة الناقورة، قضاء صور محافظة الجنوب في لبنان". إعْرَفْ لبنان. Retrieved 2024-11-30.

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