Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	April 1, 1948
Distance from district center	9.5 (km) West of Jerusalem
Elevation from the sea	660 (meters)
Map location	See location number #3 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation Nachshon
Israeli attacking brigade	A force of 1,500 Palmach and Haganah troops
Village defenders	Arab Liberation Army volunteers and some local Palestinian militia.
Exodus Cause	Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	Bayt Naqquba was mostly destroyed with the exception of a few houses remain standing.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Bayt Naqquba inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 1,958 Jewish 951 Public 3 Total 2,979
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 303 31 Area planted w/ olives 194 0 Planted W/ Cereal 515 238 Built up 9 296 Cultivable 818 269 Non-Cultivable 1,201 386
Population before occupation	Year Population 1931 177 1945 240 1948 278 Est. Refugees 1998 1,710
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 41 1948 64
Water supplies	A spring on the eastern edge of the village provided Bayt Naqquba with fresh water supply.
Archeological sites	Bayt Naqquba contains several khirbats including Khirbat al-Khanazir and Khirbat al-Ra's.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Beyt Neqofa
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:
"A few houses are used either as dwellings or as stables. These houses were built of stone and many had domed roofs. Stones recovered from the ruins of the village houses have been used as steps for entrances to new Jewish homes. In what was probably a unique case among all the villages occupied and depopulated, a new Arab village with the same name was established south of the original site in 1962, and some refugees from the old village were allowed to live there."