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Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	May 12, 1948
Distance from district center	25 (km) North East of Gaza
Elevation from the sea	100 (meters)
Map location	See location number #32 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation Yo'av
Exodus Cause	Influence of fall of, or exoduce from, neighboring town
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	The village has been completely defaced
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Kawkaba inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 8,386 Jewish 0 Public 156 Total 8,542
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 166 Planted W/ Cereal 8,169 Built up 40 Cultivable 8,335 Non-Cultivable 167
Population before occupation	Year Population 1596 88 1922 439 1931 522 1945 680 1948 789 Est. Refugees 1998 4,844
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 121 1948 182
Town's name through history	The Crusades referred to the village by Coquebel
Schools	Kawkaba shared its elementary school with the nearby villages of Bayt Tima and Hulayqat
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Kokhav Mikha'el
Related Maps	خرائط تفصيلية للمحافظة View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia
More Information	Language External Links Arabic PalGates Hebrew Nakba in Hebrew   Nakba-Online

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Town Today

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"The old road, as well as crumbled walls and debris in a wooded part of the site are clearly visible. "

 

 
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Display Name	Clan/Hamolah	Country of Residence
محمد عبد الهادي	-	الرياض
عبد الهادي	-	العليا, العليا
rawan Hussein	-	-
Israa Hussein	Hussein	Al Ain, UAE
Mohammed Hussein	Hussein	Al-Ain, U.A.E
Rana Hussein	Hussein	Dubai, UAE
محمود	الحاج	غزة, فلسطين
أحمد أبوريا	-	-
Majd A. Al-Haj	الحاج	Gaza, Nusirat, Palestine
انس عبدالسلام	الحاج	السعودية
عبدالمعطي القاضي	-	الرياض, السعودية
محمد الحاج	الحاج	-
kamal hussein	hussein	riyadh , Saudia arabia
محمد سليمان عبد القادر	الحاج	الشارقة, الإمارت
سامي	عبيد	-

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