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Welcome To Kawkaba District of Gaza كوكبا - כוכבא Ethnically cleansed days ago |
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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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Number of houses |
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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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More Information |
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 | - |