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Welcome To Bayt Naqquba - بيت نقوبا (בית נקובא)

District of Jerusalem
Ethnically cleansed days ago

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Statistic & Fact Value
Occupation Date April 1, 1948
Distance From District 9.5 (km) West of Jerusalem
Elevation 660 (meters)
Before & After Nakba, Click Map For Detailswhat's new
Pre-Nakba Map showing before and after destruction
Map Location See location #3 on the map

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Military Operation Operation Nachshon
Attacking Units A force of 1,500 Palmach and Haganah troops
Defenders Arab Liberation Army volunteers and some local Palestinian militia.
Exodus Cause Military assault by Zionist troops
Village Temains Bayt Naqquba was mostly destroyed with the exception of a few houses remain standing.
Ethnically Cleansing Bayt Naqquba inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Pre-Nakba
Land Ownership
Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums)*
Arab 1,958
Jewish 951
Public 3
**Total 2,979
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
**Town Lands' Demarcation Maps
Land Usage
As of 1945
Land Usage Arab (Dunum)* Jewish (Dunum)*
Irrigated & Plantation 303 31
Olive Groves 194 0
Planted W/ Cereal 515 238
Built up 9 296
Arable 818 269
Non-Arable 1,201 386
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Population
Year Population*
1931 177
1945 240
1948 278
Est. Refugees 1998 1,710
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Number of Houses
Year Number of Houses
1931 41
1948 64
Near By Townswhat's new
Qatanaa
         
Bayt Surik
       
           
'Ayn Naquba

Suba
           
al-Qastal
Water Supply 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
Who Usurped Village Lands
Beyt Neqofa

Village Before Nakba

The village stood on a long hill that extended in a north−south direction, surrounded by wadis on all sides except the north. It faced the village of Suba to the south and was on the north side of the Jerusalem−Jaffa highway. Secondary roads linked it to five nearby villages. In the late nineteenth century, Bayt Naqquba was a village built on a slope with a spring to the south. The village had a rectangular outline; most of its houses and small shops were built of stone. Its residents were Muslims. A spring on the eastern edge of the village provided potable water. They planted olive trees and vineyards, which grew mainly west of the village and on the valley floors, and irrigated their crops with water drawn from the village springs. Olive trees covered 194 dunums of land, and wild plants grew at the feet of the slopes. In 1944/45 a total of 515 dunums was allocated to cereals; 303 dunums were irrigated or used for orchards, including 194 dunums planted with olive trees. Khirbat al-Khanazir (162135) and Khirbat al-Ra's (161133) were near the village.

Village Occupation and Ethnic Cleaning

The only information available about the capture of Bayt Naqquba is that it took place early in April 1948. This implies that it fell within the scope of Operation Nachshon, the largest Haganah operation to date. Judging from its location, Bayt Naqquba was probably captured about the same time as al-Qastal and Qalunya, both of which were levelled shortly after occupation. Israeli historian Benny Morris gives the date but does not mention the fate of the villagers.

Zionists Colonies on Village Lands

Israel established the settlement of Beyt Neqofa (162134) in 1949 on the remains of the village.

Village Today

A few houses are used either as dwellings or as stables. These houses were built of stone and many had domed roofs (see photo). Stones recovered from the ruins of the village houses have been used as steps for entrances to new Jewish homes. Almond and olive trees and cactuses cover the village site. 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. The old village cemetery lies about 0.5 km south of the village site. It is maintained by the more recent Arab village.

Source

Dr. Walid al-Khalidi, 1992: All That Remains.

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