Sarafand, Lebanon
Sarafand
الصرفند | |
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| Dialing code | 00961 (7) Landline |
Sarafand (
Arabic: الصرفند) is a village in southern Lebanon located 10 km south of Sidon overlooking the Mediterranean Sea
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Its name conserves that of the Phoenician site of Sarepta, just north of Sarafand.[2]
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History
In 1875
Métualis inhabitants.[3]
In mid-April 1980 Israeli commandos, arriving by sea, raided Sarafand killing twenty Lebanese and Palestinians, mostly civilians. During the first three weeks of April the Israelis carried out similar, but smaller, raids along the coast road between Sidon and Tyre, killing thirteen people.[4]
On 7 June 1982, on the second day of the Israeli invasion of Lebanon an IDF brigade was ambushed as it pushed through Sarafand. Two Israeli soldiers were killed and one seriously wounded.[5]
References
- ^ Sarafand, Localiban
- ^ Nicolas Carayon (2012–2013), "Les ports phéniciens du Liban" (PDF), Archaeology& History in the Lebanon Issue
- Métualis. Il a hérité, mais en le modifiant un peu, du nom de Sarepta, ville à laquelle il parait avoir succédé, mais sur un autre emplacement, quand celle-ci a été détruite. Redescendant bientôt vers le sud, je rencontre, un kilomètre plus loin, d'autres tombeaux creusés dans le roc et divers débris de sarcophages."
- ^ Middle East International No 125, 23 May 1980; Helena Cobban p.4
- ISBN 0-04-923078-6pp.138-139
Bibliography
- Guérin, V. (1880). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). Vol. 3: Galilee, pt. 2. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale.
External links
- Sarafand, Localiban
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