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| al-Qubayba District of Hebron القُبيبة - אל-קביבה Ethnically cleansed days ago |
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 IsraelisThe village was completely defaced
Ethnically cleansing
by IsraelisSome 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
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Language
External Links
Arabic
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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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| Abo ahmad | Abo awwad | - |
| Ahmad khalil | الحاج احمد | عمان, الاردن |
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| لينا | الحاج احمد | عمان, الاردن |
| Khaldoun Khaled Abu Awwad | Abu Awwad | IRBED, ALRAMTHA |
| AHMAD ABUAWWAD | Ali | AMMAN |
| Khalid Abu Awad | Shehadeh | RIYADH, KSA |
| Ned AbuAwwad | - | AMMAN, JORDAN |
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| Emad Esmail | Abu Awwad | JORDAN, JORDAN |
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