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Al-Qubab
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Al-Qubab () was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict. It was depopulated in July 1948 during the Operation Dani led by the Yiftach Brigade.

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Place details

Region
מחוז המרכז
Country
ישראל
Population
749

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Key facts

Settlement.name
Al-Qubab
Settlement.native_name
القباب
Settlement.native_name_lang
ar
Settlement.other_name
Qubab
Settlement.image_skyline
File:Al Qubab aerial view 1948.png
Settlement.imagesize
200
Settlement.image_caption
Al-Qabab, aerial view 1948
Settlement.etymology
The domes
Settlement.pushpin_map
Mandatory Palestine
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Settlement.map_caption
A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Qubab (click the buttons)
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
200
Settlement.grid_name
Palestine grid
Settlement.grid_position
145/141
Settlement.subdivision_type
Geopolitical entity
Settlement.subdivision_name
Mandatory Palestine
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Subdistrict
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Ramle

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Encyclopedic overview

8 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Mamluk era
  • Ottoman era
  • British Mandate era
  • 1948, aftermath
  • References
  • Bibliography
  • External links

Al-Qubab () was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict. It was depopulated in July 1948 during the Operation Dani led by the Yiftach Brigade.

==History== Remains, possibly dating from the Roman era have been found here. Archeological excavations have revealed tombs and cisterns dating to the Roman and Byzantine eras, and addition to pottery remains from the same eras.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Al-Qubab” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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