Kounin
Kounin is a municipality in Lebanon located in Bint Jbeil District, south-east of Tibnin.
Etymology
wrote that the name Kounin came from a personal name.History
In 1875, Victor Guérin gives the population of this place at 400, divided between Moslems and Metawileh.In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described it as: "A village, built of stone, containing about 200
Metawileh ; it is situated on ridge, with olives and arable land around ; water from cisterns in the village and from a large birket." They further noted: "There are two round and two octagonal pillars at this village, remains of old materials, and a lintel measuring 17' long and bearing a Greek inscription. There are also several cisterns and a large birkeh. The inscription on the lintel is probably the common formula, KYPIE BOHΘH."
In March 2024, senior Hezbollah commander in the elite Redwan force, Ismail al-Zin, was killed by an Israeli drone strike in Kounin.