Odaisseh (Arabic: العديسة / BGN: Aadaïssé / ISO 233: Al `Udaysah; also Adaisseh, Adessé, Odeissé and other spellings) is a village in South Lebanon.[1] It is located close to the Blue Line border with Israel, opposite the Israeli kibbutzofMisgav Am.[2] The majority of its population are Shia Muslims.[3]
Odaisseh
العديسة
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Village
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Odaisseh
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  Odaisseh Location within Lebanon | |
| Coordinates: 33°15′15″N 35°32′33″E / 33.25417°N 35.54250°E / 33.25417; 35.54250 | |
| Grid position | 201/295 PAL |
| Country |  Lebanon |
| Governorate | Nabatieh Governorate |
| District | Marjeyoun District |
| Elevation | 700 m (2,300 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Dialing code | +961 |
| Website | https://odaisseh.com/ |
According to E. H. Palmer, the name Odeithat et Tahta means "the lower ’Odeitha".[4]
Just north of Odaisseh is a place formerly called 'Odeitha el Foka. In 1875, Victor Guérin 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."[5] In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) found here: "A ruined Saracenic building with one cistern."[6]
In 1881, SWP found at the village (which it called Odeitha et Tahtâ) "cisterns and several lintels."[6] 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."[7]
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.
Hezbollah's participation in the Israel–Hamas war, backing Hamas and initiating attacks on Israel, escalated the border zone into an active war zone characterized by frequent cross-border attacks. As a result, almost all of the village's residents have left.[3]
