Al-Qubayba, Ramle
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Relic of a house built in Al-Qubayba before 1948
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| Arabic | القبيبة |
| Name meaning | The little dome |
| Subdistrict | Ramle |
| Coordinates | 31°53′41″N 34°46′17″E / 31.89472°N 34.77139°ECoordinates: 31°53′41″N 34°46′17″E / 31.89472°N 34.77139°E |
| Palestine grid | 128/144 |
| Population | 1720 (1945) |
| Area | 10,737 dunams |
| Date of depopulation | May 27–28, 1948 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Expulsion by Yishuv forces |
| Current localities | Ge'alya;Kfar Gevirol;Kefar Hanaggid is near settlement land, but located on land belonging to Yibna |
Al-Qubayba (Arabic: القبيبة) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on May 27, 1948, by the Givati Brigade as part of the Second stage of Operation Barak. It was located 10.5 km southeast of Ramla near the Rubin River (or Wadi al-Sarar) which provided the village with water and irrigation for agriculture. Al-Qubayba was mostly destroyed with the exception of a few houses, and Kfar Gevirol was built in its place, now a suburb in the west of Rehovot.
In 1945, the village had a population of 1,720. An elementary school for boys which was founded in 1929, and by 1945 it had an enrollment of 344 students.
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