page_title: Hula, Lebanon
hierarchical_section_title: Hula, Lebanon
caption_attribution_description: English: Village
context_page_description: Hula is a small Muslim village in southern Lebanon on the southern side of the Litani river near the Lebanese-Israeli border. The largest family known there, the family of Ktaish. It is located 750 meters above sea-level.
  The village maintains its cultural traditions to the present day, such as baking bread and holding village festivals. The inhabitants of the village speak the Southern Lebanese dialect of Arabic.
  During the 1948 Arab-Israeli war two officers from the IDF carried out the Hula massacre in the village, killing over 80 civilians of ages 15–60.
context_section_description: Hula (Hule, Houla, Arabic: حولا‎) is a small Muslim village in southern Lebanon on the southern side of the Litani river near the Lebanese-Israeli border. The largest family known there, the family of Ktaish (قطيش).  It is located 750 meters above sea-level.
  The village maintains its cultural traditions to the present day, such as baking bread and holding village festivals. The inhabitants of the village speak the Southern Lebanese dialect of Arabic.
  During the 1948 Arab-Israeli war two officers from the IDF carried out the Hula massacre in the village, killing over 80 civilians of ages 15–60.
caption: Village of Houla, Southern Lebanon
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