In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “name of another arab palestinian village”. Today it says “bout the former village in ramle sub-district”.
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Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-02. In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “name of another arab palestinian village”. Today it says “bout the former village in ramle sub-district”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
Arab village in Mandatory Palestine This article is about the former village in Ramle Sub-district. Place in Ramle, Mandatory Palestine 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 . Also gives cause of depopulation.
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Al-Qubayba was the name of another Arab Palestinian village, Al-Qubayba , District of Hebron, which was also depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. former Arab villages in Palestine Al-Qubayba ( Arabic : القبيبة ) was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Ramla . It was depopulated during the 1948 Palestine 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 provide the village with water and irrigation for agriculture. al-Qubayba was mostly destroyed with the exception of a few houses. 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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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 provide the village with water and irrigation for agriculture. Al-Qubayba was mostly destroyed with the exception of a few houses, and in its place was built Kfar Gevirol , now a suburb of west 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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Place in Ramle, Mandatory Palestine Al-Qubayba ( ) 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 .Also gives cause of depopulation.
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name of another arab palestinian village
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bout the former village in ramle sub-district
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