Modern era In 2001 the Lebanese government installed a small pumping station with a 10 cm bore near the village, to supply water to the village as well the nearby villages al-Teiba and
Ghajar. In March 2002 Lebanon also diverted part of the Hasbani to supply Wazzani village, an action that then Prime Minister of Israel,
Ariel Sharon, said was a "casus belli" and could lead to war. The pumping station was destroyed during the
2006 Lebanon War. In 2024, a
Lebanese soldier was killed by an
Israeli drone strike in the village, a day prior to the
Israeli invasion of Lebanon. ==Demographics==