Shebaa

Shebaa (Arabic: شبعا, French: Chebaa) is a municipality on the south-eastern tip of Lebanon.

It is situated at an altitude of approximately 1,700 m (5,600 ft) above sea level, spreading across two steep rocky mountainsides.

[3] In 1838, Eli Smith noted Shebaa's population as being Sunni Muslim and Greek Orthodox Christians.

[5] Following the 1982 Lebanon War, Shebaa became part of Israel’s security zone with Norwegian soldiers from UNIFIL stationed in the area.

On one night in late January 1989, the Israeli backed SLA expelled 40 villagers, ordering them not to return.

Shebaa shown in an early 20th-century German map
Chebaa, in the 1880s [ 4 ]