Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	May 15, 1948
Distance from district center	10 (km) Southeast of al-Ramla
Elevation from the sea	150 (meters)
Map location	See location number #32 on the map
Israeli military operation	One of the operations launched to capture the vital al-Latrun fort.
Israeli attacking brigade	Yiftach Brigade
Exodus Cause	Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	On September 13th, 1948, al-Qubab was mostly destroyed with the exception of the its school and few houses remain standing.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	al-Qubab inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 12,668 Jewish 861 Public 389 Total 13,918
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 238 0 Area planted w/ olives 296 0 Planted W/ Cereal 12,308 861 Built up 54 0 Cultivable 12,546 861 Non-Cultivable 457 0
Population before occupation	Year Population 1922 1,275 1931 1,502 1945 1,980 1948 2,297 Est. Refugees 1998 14,105
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 382 1948 584
Schools	An elementary school for boys which was founded in 1921, and in 1947/48 school year it had an enrollment of over 233 students. The school remain standing to this date.
Religious institutions	One mosque
Water supplies	Wells and springs in the vicinity supplied al-Qubab with its water needs.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Gezer, Kefar Bin-Nun, and Mishmar Ayyalon.
Related Maps	خرائط تفصيلية للمحافظة View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia
More Information	Language External Links Arabic PalGates Hebrew Nakba in Hebrew   Nakba-Online

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Town Today

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, all that remains of the village:
"The only landmark that remains is the school; a number of stone houses that have rectangular doors and windows still stand, and some of them are used as Israeli residences. One is rectangular and has two doors, one high window and two very small windows, one on the side and another in the front. Another residential house is angular; there is a tall tree in the yard in front of it. One of the houses used for storing agricultural tools and equipment is rectangular, with four front entrances and a high window. Another house, used at present as a shop, has a stairway leading to a front porch that is enclosed by wire grillwork."

• Nakba Oral History Podcast: Interview with Issa Hussein Abu Ishtiyah
• Video Nakba Oral History Podcast: Interview with Muhammad Khalifih