Wikipedia's first sentence called it “mixed shi'ite and maronite christian town”. Today it says “mixed shia and maronite christian municipality”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
Haret Hreik in 2009 Haret Hreik ( Arabic : حارة حريك ) is a mixed Shia and Maronite Christian municipality , in the Dahieh suburbs, south of Beirut , Lebanon . It is part of the Baabda District . Once an agricultural and Christian village, Haret Hreik lost its rural and Christian identity due to the wave of Shia Muslim refugees from Southern Lebanon who settled in the town and made it another urban neighborhood of Dahieh. Haret Hreik is located northeast of the Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport and north of the towns of Laylake and Bourj el-Barajneh , west of Hadath and south of Chyah . The district is the de-facto epicenter of the Shia group Hezbollah . The district was heavily damaged in the July 2006 Hezbollah War by the Israeli airforce that destroyed 640 kilometres (400 miles) of roads, 73 bridges, and 31 other targets such as sea ports, water and sewage treatment plants , electrical facilities , 25 fuel stations , 900 commercial structures, up to 350 schools and two hospitals, and 130,000 residences. On 3 September 1985, during the War of the Camps , gunmen from the Amal militia killed thirteen Palestinian civilians in Haret Hreik. In July 2024, Israeli military announced that they had targeted and killed senior Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr in an airstrike launched by Israeli fighter jets on a building in the southern suburb of Beirut. A privilege to die: inside Hezbollah's legions and their endless war against Israel , page 146 & 317 "Hizbullah HQ destroyed in Israeli attacks" .
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Haret Hreik ( ), or Harat Hurayk , is a mixed Shi'ite and Maronite Christian town, part of the Dahieh suburbs of southern Beirut , Lebanon . Located northwest of the Rafik Hariri International Airport , it was primarily a residential area and the headquarters of the Shi'ite group Hezbollah . Israeli warplanes destroyed the headquarters and civilian homes on July 2006. ..
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Haret Hreik ( ) is a mixed Shia and Maronite Christian town, in the Dahieh suburbs, south of Beirut , Lebanon .It is part of Baabda District .Once an agricultural village, Haret Hreik lost its rural identity due to the wave of refugees from Southern Lebanon who settled in the town and made it another urban neighborhood of Dahieh.Haret Hreik is located northeast of the Rafik Hariri International Airport and north of the towns of Laylake and Bourj Al Brajneh, west of Hadath and south of Chiah.The town is the headquarters of the Shi'ite group Hezbollah . Israeli warplanes destroyed the headquarters and civilian homes on July 2006. A privilege to die: inside Hezbollah's legions and their endless war against Israel , page 146 & 317 Hizbullah HQ destroyed in Israeli attacks | Israel and the Middle East | Guardian Unlimited
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Haret Hreik ( ) is a mixed Shia and Maronite Christian municipality , in the Dahieh suburbs, south of Beirut , Lebanon . It is part of Baabda District . Once an agricultural village, Haret Hreik lost its rural identity due to the wave of refugees from Southern Lebanon who settled in the town and made it another urban neighborhood of Dahieh. Haret Hreik is located northeast of the Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport and north of the towns of Laylake and Bourj el-Barajneh , west of Hadath and south of Chyah . The town is the headquarters of the Shi'ite group Hezbollah . Israeli warplanes destroyed the headquarters and civilian homes on July 2006. A privilege to die: inside Hezbollah's legions and their endless war against Israel , page 146 & 317 Hizbullah HQ destroyed in Israeli attacks | Israel and the Middle East | Guardian Unlimited
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Place in Mount Lebanon, Lebanon Haret Hreik in 2009 Haret Hreik ( ) is a mixed Shia and Maronite Christian municipality , in the Dahieh suburbs, south of Beirut , Lebanon .It is part of the Baabda District . Once an agricultural village, Haret Hreik lost its rural identity due to the wave of refugees from Southern Lebanon who settled in the town and made it another urban neighborhood of Dahieh. On 3 September 1985, during the War of the Camps , gunmen from Amal killed thirteen Palestinian civilians in Haret Hreik. Haret Hreik is located northeast of the Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport and north of the towns of Laylake and Bourj el-Barajneh , west of Hadath and south of Chyah . The town is the headquarters of the Shia group Hezbollah .Israeli warplanes destroyed the headquarters and civilian homes in July 2006.
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Then
mixed shi'ite and maronite christian town
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mixed shia and maronite christian municipality
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