al-Qubayba
القبيبة Qubeiba | |
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| Etymology: The little (eastern) dome[1] | |
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  al-Qubayba Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°34′20″N 34°51′16″E / 31.57222°N 34.85444°E | |
| Palestine grid | 136/108 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Hebron |
| Date of depopulation | 28 October 1948[4] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 11,912 dunams (11.912 km2 or 4.599 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 1,060[2][3] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current Localities | Lakhish |
Al-Qubayba (Arabic: القبيبة, قبيبة ابن عوّاد), also known as Gbebah, Qubeiba or Qobebet Ibn 'Awwad,[5] was a Palestinian village, located 24 kilometers northwest of Hebron. It was ethnically cleansed in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 376
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 23
- ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 50 Archived 2011-06-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Morris 2004, p. xix, village #323, Also gives cause of depopulation
- ^ Weir, Shelagh (2009). Palestinian costume (1st paperback ed.). Northampton, MA: Interlink Books. p. 9. ISBN 978-1-56656-727-5. OCLC 233026166.