| Welcome To Kawkaba District of Gaza كوكبا - כוכבא Ethnically cleansed days ago |
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| Israeli occupation date | May 12, 1948 | ||||||||||||||
| Distance from district center | 25 (km) North East of Gaza | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation from the sea | 100 (meters) | ||||||||||||||
| Map location | See location number #32 on the map | ||||||||||||||
| Israeli military operation | Operation Yo'av | ||||||||||||||
| Exodus Cause | Influence of fall of, or exoduce from, neighboring town | ||||||||||||||
| Village remains after destruction by Israelis |
The village has been completely defaced | ||||||||||||||
| Ethnically cleansing by Israelis |
Kawkaba inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed. | ||||||||||||||
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| Town's name through history | The Crusades referred to the village by Coquebel | ||||||||||||||
| Schools | Kawkaba shared its elementary school with the nearby villages of Bayt Tima and Hulayqat | ||||||||||||||
| Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands | Kokhav Mikha'el | ||||||||||||||
| Related Maps | خرائط تفصيلية للمحافظة View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia  |
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"The old road, as well as crumbled walls and debris in a wooded part of the site are clearly visible. "
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| Display Name | Clan/Hamolah | Country of Residence |
| لؤي عيسى | عيسى | السويد |
| عمر مصلح | مصلح | - |
| Mahmoud Hussein | - | Amman, Jordan |
| om mohamed | الحاج | قطاع غزة, فلسطين |
| Mahmoud | Abdell-Hady | Sharjah, United Arab Emirates |
| hani | - | - |
| محمد عبد الهادي | - | الرياض |
| عبد الهادي | - | العليا, العليا |
| rawan Hussein | - | - |
| Israa Hussein | Hussein | Al Ain, UAE |
| Mohammed Hussein | Hussein | Al-Ain, U.A.E |
| Rana Hussein | Hussein | Dubai, UAE |
| محمود | الحاج | غزة, فلسطين |
| أحمد أبوريا | - | - |
| Majd A. Al-Haj | الحاج | Gaza, Nusirat, Palestine |
| انس عبدالسلام | الحاج | السعودية |
| عبدالمعطي القاضي | - | الرياض, السعودية |
| محمد الحاج | الحاج | - |
| kamal hussein | hussein | riyadh , Saudia arabia |
| محمد سليمان عبد القادر | الحاج | الشارقة, الإمارت |
| سامي | عبيد | - |
- All that remains of Kawkaba كل ما تبقى من كوكبا Duration: min 32 sec
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-Satellite View & Google Earth: Over 6,000 placemarks identifying all destroyed towns, W. Bank & Gaza Strip Towns, & refugee camps.
-Campgain Against Lice
-PalestineRemembered.com and its Nakba Oral History Project were featured on al-Jazeera Satellite TV.
-Nakba Oral History Video Podcast:
Over 600 Oral History interviews (including 3,000 hours of recording) can be viewed now online.
-Gaza Jail Break
-Arabic version now available - النسخة العربية للموقع الان متوفرة
-Videos:Documenting the destroyed villages in video: Tracing all that remains since Nakba.
-Videos: Responding to Zionist Propaganda
-Interview:The ethnic cleansing of Palestine: George Galloway interviews Israeli Historian Ilan Pappe.
-For Palestinians, memory matters. It provides a blueprint for their future By George Bisharat.
-Zionist FAQ now available in Hebrew שאלות שציונים שואלים, עכשיו בעברית
-Video: The Stephen Walt and John Mearsheimer report on the influence of the Israel Lobby on U.S. Foreign Policy
-The Nakba - an event that did not occur (although it had to occur) By Eitan Bronstein
-The Palestinian-Israeli conflict for beginners
-Satellite View & Google Earth: Over 6,000 placemarks identifying all destroyed towns, W. Bank & Gaza Strip Towns, & refugee camps.
-Campgain Against Lice
-PalestineRemembered.com and its Nakba Oral History Project were featured on al-Jazeera Satellite TV.
-Nakba Oral History Video Podcast:
Over 600 Oral History interviews (including 3,000 hours of recording) can be viewed now online.-Gaza Jail Break
-Arabic version now available - النسخة العربية للموقع الان متوفرة
-Videos:Documenting the destroyed villages in video: Tracing all that remains since Nakba.
-Videos: Responding to Zionist Propaganda
-Interview:The ethnic cleansing of Palestine: George Galloway interviews Israeli Historian Ilan Pappe.
-For Palestinians, memory matters. It provides a blueprint for their future By George Bisharat.
-Zionist FAQ now available in Hebrew שאלות שציונים שואלים, עכשיו בעברית
-Video: The Stephen Walt and John Mearsheimer report on the influence of the Israel Lobby on U.S. Foreign Policy
-The Nakba - an event that did not occur (although it had to occur) By Eitan Bronstein
-The Palestinian-Israeli conflict for beginners