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Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	October 28, 1948
Distance from district center	24 (km) Northwest of Hebron
Elevation from the sea	250 (meters)
Map location	See location number #15 on the map
Israeli military operation	Third stage of Operation Yo'av
Defenders	Egyptian Army
Israeli acts of terror	Thirty five people, including women and children, were massacred in the al-Dawayima caves few days after village occupation.
Exodus Cause	Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	The village was completely defaced
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Some refugees were sheltered in al-Dawayima's caves, and some of them were killed during the al-Dawayima's massacre.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 11,801 Jewish 0 Public 111 Total 11,912
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Area planted w/ olives 44 Planted W/ Cereal 8,109 Built up 35 Cultivable 8,109 Non-Cultivable 3,768
Population before occupation	Year Population 1596 182 1922 646 1931 800 1945 1,060 1948 1,230 Est. Refugees 1998 7,551
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 141 1948 216
Town's name through history	The Crusader referred to al-Qubayba by Deirelcobebe.
Schools	One elementary school
Religious institutions	One Mosque
Nearby wadies & rivers	Wadi Ghufr overlooked the village.
Water supplies	The village had two wells located to the northwest and the southwest, which used to provide al-Qubayba with its drinking water nneds.
Archeological sites	al-Qubayba has an important archeological site known by Tall al-Duwayr (anceint Lachish) which was excavated several times by the British Mandate and Israeli authorities.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Lakhish
Related Maps	خرائط تفصيلية للمحافظة View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia
More Information	Language External Links Arabic PalGates 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 site is marked only by cactuses and a handful of olive trees."

 

 
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Display Name	Clan/Hamolah	Country of Residence
وليد الدغيلي	الدغيلي	عمان, الاردن
walid0038	-	عمان, الاردن
ابو محمد	ابو عواد	الاردن
خالد	ابوعواد	المنامه, البحرين
أنس الصبايحة	الصبايحة	إربد
محمد سليمان	حسين	-
ابو ثائر	نبهان	-
عبد الحافظ ابو عواد	خضر	عمان, الاردن
المهندس محمد احمد سلمان	سلمان	الاردن, الاردن
khaled alawwadi	ابو عواد	عمان, الأردن
mohannad	abuawwad	-
بسمه	علي	الاردن, الاردن
خضر ابو عواد	-	رومانيا
Bilal Al haj Ahmad	Al haj Ahmad	Amman, Jordan
rawan abu awwad	ابو عواد	irbid
Bilal Nassar	Nassar	Saudia Arabia
طلب اسماعيل	abu awad	jordan, jordan
hanan abuawwad	-	الاردن
doaa11_m8	العواوده	عمان
Lina Abu-Awwad	Al-7aj Ahmad	Amman, Jordan
ibrahim awwad	-	-
محمد ابوعواد	الصبايحه	عمان, الاردن
yousef	-	-
Abo ahmad	Abo awwad	عمان, الاردن
ahmad khalil	الحاج احمد	عمان, الاردن
Barhoom	Ahmad	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
wajeeh	-	-
Emad Esmail	Saleh	-
Khaldoun Khaled Abu Awwad	Abu Awwad	Irbed, Alramtha
AHMAD ABUAWWAD	ali	amman
Khalid Abu Awad	Shehadeh	Riyadh, KSA
Ned AbuAwwad	-	amman, Jordan
Fawwaz	Abu-awwad	Kansas , USA
Hani Abu Awwad	-	-
Khader Abu-Awwad	Ali	-
Ahmad Abu-Awwad	Shihadeh	Holland
Emad Esmail	Abu Awwad	Jordan, Jordan

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