Rmeish () is located in the District of Bint Jbeil, Lebanon near the Lebanese-Israeli border covering an area of . The ruins found in the village indicate that the area was occupied by the Romans and the Crusaders at some stage in history. Origin of the name The name Rmiesh means "scanty herbage" according to according E. H. Palmer. Families The first families to live in Rmeish came from the areas of Kesourwan especially from the Khazen and Chidiac families. At the same time some other Christian families moved to the village after the Shiite family Al Asaad offered them protection. The main families in Rmeish are: History In 1299, Rmeish was directly under Mamluk rule. Ottoman era Rmeish was under Ottoman rule until 1920. Rmeish was involved in many wars and battles through the history. The most important ones are: In 1797, the viceroy of Acre Ahmad Pasha EL Jazar demolished and destroyed the village including the only church that was there. His reasons for that were that Rmeish supported Prince Bashir El Chahabi against him, they helped Napoleon in his battle against Acre and that he was afraid, that Rmeish being the only Christian village in the area, might encourage other Christian villages to rebel against him. Ahmad Basha burned down the church including all the records that were kept inside. The people of Rmeish refused to go back to their village until Ahmad Basha died in 1804 when they went back and rebuilt their church and village. In 1824, the leader of Rmeish Youssef Daher El Choufani led the village to a victory over the viceroy of Acre Abdallah El Darnadli. In 1829, Rmeish supported Prince Bashir El Chahabi in his battle against Sanour. Rmaich was hit by an earthquake in January 1837, which devastated the South all the way to Safad and Tiberias. Most of the homes were crushed, and around 30 people were killed, and more lives would have been lost if they had not been at evening prayers at the church, which was low and compact and did not collapse In 1839, Rmeish fought side by side with the Shiite of the neighbouring villages against the Egyptian army which ended by the withdrawal of the Egyptian army after suffering heavy losses. In 1840, Daher El Choufani led Rmeish in another battle against the Egyptian army. When the Ottoman Empire entered the war, they forced