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| Welcome To al-Qubayba District of Hebron القُبيبة - אל-קביבה Ethnically cleansed days ago |
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| 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 Israelis | The village was completely defaced | ||||||||||||||
| Ethnically cleansing by Israelis | Some refugees were sheltered in al-Dawayima's caves, and some of them were killed during the al-Dawayima's massacre. | ||||||||||||||
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| Land usage in 1945 |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||
| 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 site is marked only by cactuses and a handful of olive trees."
| Display Name | Clan/Hamolah | Country of Residence |
| Omar | Abu Awwad (hussein branch) | Massachusetts, United States |
| يعقوب محمد ابرهيم ابو عواد | - | عمان |
| وليد علي شحادة ابو عواد | شحادة | Amman, Palestine |
| Khaled Nabhan | Nabhan | Blekinge, Blekinge |
| وليد الدغيلي | الدغيلي | عمان, الاردن |
| walid0038 | - | عمان, الاردن |
| ابو محمد | ابو عواد | الاردن |
| خالد | ابوعواد | المنامه, البحرين |
| أنس الصبايحة | الصبايحة | إربد |
| محمد سليمان | حسين | - |
| ابو ثائر | نبهان | - |
| عبد الحافظ ابو عواد | خضر | عمان, الاردن |
| المهندس محمد احمد سلمان | سلمان | الاردن, الاردن |
| khaled alawwadi | ابو عواد | عمان, الأردن |
| mohannad | abuawwad | - |
| بسمه | علي | الاردن, الاردن |
| خضر ابو عواد | - | رومانيا |
| Bilal Al haj Ahmad | Al haj Ahmad | Amman, Jordan |
| rawan abu awwad | ابو عواد | irbid |
| Bilal Nassar | Nassar | Saudia Arabia |
| طلب اسماعيل | abu awad | jordan, jordan |
| hanan abuawwad | - | الاردن |
| doaa11_m8 | العواوده | عمان |
| Lina Abu-Awwad | Al-7aj Ahmad | Amman, Jordan |
| ibrahim awwad | - | - |
| محمد ابوعواد | الصبايحه | عمان, الاردن |
| yousef | - | - |
| Abo ahmad | Abo awwad | عمان, الاردن |
| ahmad khalil | الحاج احمد | عمان, الاردن |
| Barhoom | Ahmad | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
| wajeeh | - | - |
| Emad Esmail | Saleh | - |
| Khaldoun Khaled Abu Awwad | Abu Awwad | Irbed, Alramtha |
| AHMAD ABUAWWAD | ali | amman |
| Khalid Abu Awad | Shehadeh | Riyadh, KSA |
| Ned AbuAwwad | - | amman, Jordan |
| Fawwaz | Abu-awwad | Kansas , USA |
| Hani Abu Awwad | - | - |
| Khader Abu-Awwad | Ali | - |
| Ahmad Abu-Awwad | Shihadeh | Holland |
| Emad Esmail | Abu Awwad | Jordan, Jordan |
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