Talloussa


Talloussa is a village in the Marjeyoun District in southern Lebanon.

Name

According to E. H. Palmer, the name comes from a personal name.

History

In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described it as: "A small village, built of stone, containing about 100 Metawileh, situated on hill-top, and surrounded by arable cultivation, water supplied from cisterns and birket."
During the 2006 Lebanon War, Israeli warplanes killed three civilians belonging to the Mukhtar´s family in the village.