Kawkab al-Hawa
كوكب الهوا Kaukab al Hawa | |
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 The northwestern tower of Belvoir Fortress, outside which the village Kawkab al-Hawa expanded. | |
| Etymology: "star of the wind"[1] | |
.jpg) 1870s map .jpg) 1940s map.jpg) modern map .jpg) 1940s with modern overlay mapA series of historical maps of the area around Kawkab al-Hawa (click the buttons) | |
  Kawkab al-Hawa Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°35′43″N 35°31′12″E / 32.59528°N 35.52000°E | |
| Palestine grid | 199/222 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Baysan |
| Date of depopulation | 16 May 1948[4] |
| Area | |
• Total | 9,949 dunams (9.949 km2 or 3.841 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
• Total | 300[2][3] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current Localities | Belvoir Castle |
Kawkab al-Hawa (Arabic: كوكب الهوا), is a depopulated former Palestinian village located 11 km north of Baysan. It was built within the ruins of the Crusader fortress of Belvoir, from which it expanded. The Crusader names for the Frankish settlement at Kawkab al-Hawa were Beauvoir, Belvoir, Bellum videre, Coquet, Cuschet and Coket.[5][6][7] During Operation Gideon in 1948, the village was occupied by the Golani Brigade and depopulated.[8]
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p.162
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 6
- ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 43
- ^ Morris, 2004, p. xvii, village # 115
- ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, p. 226
- ^ Stubbs and Hassall, 1902, p. 329
- ^ Ellenblum, 2003, p. 56
- ^ Morris, 2004, p. 260