Al-Qubab
القباب Qubab | |
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 Al-Qabab, aerial view 1948 | |
| Etymology: The domes[1] | |
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  Al-Qubab Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°52′00″N 34°57′15″E / 31.86667°N 34.95417°E | |
| Palestine grid | 145/141 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Ramle |
| Date of depopulation | July 15, 1948[4] |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 1,980[2][3] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current Localities | Gezer,[5] Kefar Bin-Nun,[5][6] Mishmar Ayyalon[5] |
Al-Qubab (Arabic: القباب) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict. It was depopulated in July 1948 during the Operation Dani led by the Yiftach Brigade.
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 313
- ^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 30
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 68
- ^ Morris, 2004, p. xix, village #240. Also gives cause of depopulation
- ^ a b c Khalidi, 1992, p. 407
- ^ Morris, 2004, p. xxi, settlement #84
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