Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	May 27, 1948
Distance from district center	10.5 (km) Southeast of al-Ramla
Elevation from the sea	25 (meters)
Map location	See location number #24 on the map
Israeli military operation	Second stage of operation Barak
Israeli attacking brigade	Giva'ti brigade
Exodus Cause	Expulsion by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	During the 1st half of June 1948, al-Qubayba was mostly destroyed with the exception of few houses. Currently, those houses are occupied by Israeli Jewish settlers.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	On the 29th of August 1948, al-Qubayba was completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 8,889 Jewish 1,397 Public 451 Total 10,737
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum) Area planted w/ citrus 4,639 1,192 Irrigated & Plantation 1,143 15 Planted W/ Cereal 2,972 167 Built up 43 0 Cultivable 8,754 1,374 Non-Cultivable 543 23
Population before occupation	Year Population 1931 799 1945 1,720 1948 1,995 Est. Refugees 1998 12,253
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 160 1948 399
Schools	An elementary school for boys which was founded in 1929, and in 1945 it had an enrollment of 344 students. The school is still standing, but it's in a bad shape and in need of serious renovation guys!
Religious institutions	One mosque
Nearby wadies & rivers	Rubin River (or Wadi al-Sarar) borders village lands.
Water supplies	Fresh water was drawn from artesian wells and Rubin River waters was used for irrigation.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Kefar Gevirol and Ge'alya
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 walls and rubble of collapsed houses intermingle with the buildings of the Israeli settlements that have been established on the site. A former pool is used as a garbage dump. Some houses remain. One house, occupied by Jewish residents, is of modest size and is made of masonry; the beams that support its flat roof protrude slightly from the masonry of the exterior walls. Another village house is now used as a restaurant. Part of the school, a long building with a rectangular door and windows, still stands."

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