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| Kawkaba District of Gaza كوكبا - כוכבא Ethnically cleansed days ago |
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 IsraelisThe village has been completely defaced
Ethnically cleansing
by IsraelisKawkaba 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
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External Links
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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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