Ayta ash Shab
Ayta ash Shab عيتا الشعب | |
|---|---|
Veelage | |
  Ayta ash Shab Location athin Lebanon | |
| Coordinates: 33°05′50″N 35°20′04″E / 33.09722°N 35.33444°E | |
| Kintra |  Lebanon |
| Govrenorate | Nabatieh Govrenorate |
| Destrict | Bint Jbeil Destrict |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Dialin code | +961 |
Ayta ash Shab (Arabic: عيتا الشعب; an aw transliteratit Ayta al-Sha'b, Ayta a-Shaab, Ayta ash-Shab or Ayta ash Sha'b') is a sma veelage locatit in soothren Lebanon, aboot 1 km northeast o the Israeli border.
On 12 Julie 2006, Hezbollah initiatit a cross-border attack on an Israeli routine patrol, which teuk place on the Israeli side o the Israel-Lebanon border near Ayta ash Shab, atween the veelages o Zar'it an Shtula (Shetula). The raid resultit in the captur o twa an killin o three Israeli sodgers an triggered the 2006 Lebanon War. Durin the month lang conflict 85% o Ayta ash Shab's hames wur destroyed, an hivy grund fechtin ensued atween Israeli forces an Hezbollah guerillas.[1]
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- ↑ Rosen, Nir (1 Januar 2007). "The Mayor, the Martyr, and the Pomegranate Trees". Mother Jones. Archived frae the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 20 Apryle 2007.