• Source: Sarafand, Lebanon

Sarafand (Arabic: الصرفند) is a village in southern Lebanon located 10 km south of Sidon overlooking the Mediterranean Sea.




Etymology


Sarafand is an Arabic rendition of the Phoenician place-name Ṣrpt, after Classical Sarepta, just north of Sarafand.




History


In 1875 Victor Guérin noted that the village had 400 Métualis inhabitants.
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.
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.




References






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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