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| Welcome To Kawkaba District of Gaza كوكبا - כוכבא Ethnically cleansed days ago |
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النسخة العربية כדי לתרגם עברית View in Google Earth |
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| 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 Israelis | The village has been completely defaced | ||||||||||||||
| Ethnically cleansed by Israelis | Kawkaba inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed. | ||||||||||||||
| Land ownership before occupation |
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| Land usage in 1945 |
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| Population before occupation |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||
| Related Maps | خرائط تفصيلية للمحافظة Town's map on MapQuest View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia |
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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. "
| Display Name | Clan/Hamolah | Country of Residence |
| لؤي عيسى | عيسى | السويد |
| عمر مصلح | مصلح | - |
| Mahmoud Hussein | - | Amman, Jordan |
| om mohamed | الحاج | قطاع غزة, فلسطين |
| Mahmoud | Abdell-Hady | Sharjah, United Arab Emirates |
| hani | - | - |
| محمد عبد الهادي | - | الرياض |
| عبد الهادي | - | العليا, العليا |
| rawan Hussein | - | - |
| Israa Hussein | Hussein | Al Ain, UAE |
| Mohammed Hussein | Hussein | Al-Ain, U.A.E |
| Rana Hussein | Hussein | Dubai, UAE |
| محمود | الحاج | غزة, فلسطين |
| أحمد أبوريا | - | - |
| Majd A. Al-Haj | الحاج | Gaza, Nusirat, Palestine |
| انس عبدالسلام | الحاج | السعودية |
| عبدالمعطي القاضي | - | الرياض, السعودية |
| محمد الحاج | الحاج | - |
| kamal hussein | hussein | riyadh , Saudia arabia |
| محمد سليمان عبد القادر | الحاج | الشارقة, الإمارت |
| سامي | عبيد | - |
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