Odaisseh ( ar, العديسة / BGN: Aadaïssé / ISO 233: ; also ''Adaisseh'', , and

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) is a village in South Lebanon. It is located close to the Blue Line border with Israel, opposite the Israeli

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Misgav Am Misgav Am ( he, מִשְׂגַּב עָם, ''lit.'' Fortress of the People) is a kibbutz in the Upper Galilee in northern Israel. Located close to the border with Lebanon, facing the Lebanese town of Odaisseh, and near the Israeli town of Kiryat S ...

Name

According to

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, the name ''Odeithat et Tahta'' means "the lower ’Odeitha".

History

Ottoman period

Just north of Odaisseh is a place formerly called Odeitha el Foka''. In 1875,

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described it as "an elevated plateau crowned with the ruins of a small fort of rectangular form, measuring forty paces long by thirty broad. It is in rubble work, with an external casing of regular stones of small size, and is divided in the interior into several compartments." In 1881, the PEF's ''Survey of Western Palestine'' (SWP) found here: "A ruined

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building with one

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s and several

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s." It further described it as "A village, built of stone, containing about 250 Metawileh, situated in valley surrounded by arable land. A market is held here one day each week. Water supply from spring in village, spring near, and several cisterns."

21st century

The village was the site of the 2010 Lebanon–Israeli border clash, when Israeli and Lebanese forces engaged in cross-border combat. Some Israeli shells hit the village during the fighting. Adaysseh-hezb

Notable people

Hussein Amine Hussein Hassan Amine ( ar, حسين أمين; born 15 March 1985) is a Lebanese former footballer who played as a defender for Ansar, Akhaa Ahli Aley, and the Lebanon national team. Starting from 2002, Amine played for Lebanese Premier Leagu ...

(born 1985), Lebanese footballer * Hussein Monzer (born 1997), Lebanese footballer

References

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External links

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