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1. A light emitting device of a side-surface light emission type comprising:
a package defining a recess and having a shape elongated in a lateral direction, the package including a pair of lead electrodes arranged next to each other in the lateral direction and forming main portions of a bottom of the recess, and a molded body integrally formed with the pair of lead electrodes and defining sidewalls of the recess; and a light emitting element disposed on at least one of the pair of lead electrodes at the bottom of the recess, wherein the molded body has a reinforcing portion connecting between two sidewalls of the recess opposite to each other in a longitudinal direction, the reinforcing portion is made of two end portions respectively connected to the two sidewalls, and an intermediate portion provided between the two end portions, a height of the two end portions is higher than a height of the intermediate portion, and the height of the intermediate portion is higher than surfaces of the pair of lead electrodes at the bottom of the recess and lower than a height of an upper surface of the light emitting element. |