As-Sultaniyah

As-Sultaniyah (Arabic: السلطانية) is a municipality in the Bint Jbeil District, in southern Lebanon, located just north of Tibnin.

According to E. H. Palmer in 1881, El Yehûdîyeh meant "the Jews" or "Jewish woman.

"[1] In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it as: "A small village, containing about 100 Metawileh, situated in a valley, with olives, figs, and arable land.

[3] In April 2024, Ali Ahmed Hassin, a senior commander of Hezbollah's elite Redwan Force, was assassinated in Israeli air strike in the village.

[5] It has a year-round population of about 2,000, but during the summer months it rises to 5,000 as expatriates and locals living in Beirut returns.