Al-Qubayba, Ramle

Al-Qubayba القبيبة
Relic of a house built in Al-Qubayba before 1948
Etymology: The little dome[1]
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Qubayba, Ramle (click the buttons)
Al-Qubayba Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°53′41″N 34°46′17″E / 31.89472°N 34.77139°E / 31.89472; 34.77139
Palestine grid	128/144
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Ramle
Date of depopulation	May 27–28, 1948[4]
Area [3]
• Total	10,737 dunams (10.737 km2 or 4.146 sq mi)
Population  (1945)
• Total	1,720[2][3]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Expulsion by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	Ge'alya;[5] Kfar Gevirol;[5] Kefar Hanaggid is near settlement land,[6] but located on land belonging to Yibna

Al-Qubayba (Arabic: القبيبة) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on May 27, 1948, by the Givati Brigade as part of the Second stage of Operation Barak. It was located 10.5 km southeast of Ramla near the Rubin River (or Wadi al-Sarar) which provided the village with water and irrigation for agriculture. Al-Qubayba was mostly destroyed with the exception of a few houses, and Kfar Gevirol was built in its place, now a suburb in the west of Rehovot.