| Muhaibib | |
| Native Name: | محيبيب |
| Native Name Lang: | ara |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Lebanon |
| Pushpin Map Alt: | Map showing the location of Muhaibib within Lebanon |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Lebanon |
| Coordinates: | 33.1547°N 35.5056°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  |
| Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
| Subdivision Name1: | Nabatieh Governorate |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Marjayoun District |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | EET |
| Utc Offset1: | +2 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | EEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +3 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
| Area Code: | +961 |
Muhaibib (ar|محيبيب), also spelled Mhaibib, is a municipality in the Marjayoun District in southern Lebanon.
Muhaibib holds a shrine to Benjamin, who Islam considers a prophet, which attracts pilgrims and visitors. As of October 2024, it is unclear whether the shrine remains intact following Israel's demolition of the village.[1] [2]
E. H. Palmer wrote that the name Neby Muheibîb meant "the prophet Muheibîb", "beloved".[3]
In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described Neby Muheibib as: "a small village [a]round the stone Neby, containing about seventy Moslems, situated on top of ridge, with olives and arable land; there are two cisterns in the village."[4]
During the 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) released footage of themselves destroying nearly the entirety of Muhaibib.[5] [6] The New York Times connected a statement in which the IDF claimed that they had 'dismantled a tunnel network used by Hezbollah's elite Radwan Forces' to the destruction of the village. Al Jazeera published footage of soldiers they claimed were celebrating the destruction of the village.[7]
The spokesperson for the US Department of State, Matthew Miller, said that "we do not want to see entire villages destroyed", nor "civilian homes".[8] He claimed that there was potential for Hezbollah presence inside civilian homes. He then said: "I don't know what was in those buildings, I don't know what was potentially underneath those buildings."[9]
In 2014 Muslims made up 99.55% of registered voters in Muhaibib. 97.91% of the voters were Shiite Muslims. [10]
. Edward Henry Palmer. 1881. The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
