page_title: Bint Jbeil
section_title: Modern era
hierarchical_section_title: Bint Jbeil / History / Modern era
caption_attribution_description: עברית: העיירה בינת ג'בייל בלבנון.
context_page_description: Bint Jbeil is the second largest town in the Nabatiye Governorate in Southern Lebanon.
  The town has an estimated population of 30,000. Its exact population is unknown, because Lebanon has not conducted a population census since 1932.
context_section_description: The town is predominately inhabited by Shia Muslims (90%), though the surrounding area also has a significant Christian (10%) minority.
  Bint Jbeil was occupied by Israel in 1978 during Operation Litani, and again from 1982 until 2000 during the 1982-2000 South Lebanon conflict, when it was severely depopulated; as much as 75% of the population was reported to have left for other parts of Lebanon. It was the scene of occasional attacks on the Israeli military forces, such as a car bombing carried out by a Hezbollah member on 25 April 1995. Hezbollah took control of the town following the Israeli withdrawal from South Lebanon.
  As the largest town in the area, Bint Jbeil is sometimes known as the "Capital of the Liberated South" (among Lebanese Shi'ites). It is considered one of the centers with symbolic history for Hezbollah. Under Lebanon's complicated system of sectarian electoral representation, the Bint Jbeil electoral district is allocated 3 Shi'ite seats in the country's parliament. Hezbollah did well in the area in the 2005 elections in Lebanon, winning the local seats to add to its nationwide tally of 14.
  Bint Jbeil was again contested by Israeli and Hezbollah forces in the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict, during which it suffered heavy damage (See Battle of Bint Jbeil).  On July 15, Israeli missile killed 4 civilians, aged between 60 and 85.
  Reconstruction as of early 2007 had been going very slowly, leading to reports of dissatisfaction among the residents.  Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visited the town in 2010 to show solidarity for Hezbollah and the local victims of Israel's attacks.
caption: Bint Jbeil in 1989
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