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Al-Qabu

القبو

Jerusalem districtDepopulated 1948

Al-Qabu was a small hilltop village west of Jerusalem, its stone houses ringed by terraces of olives and grain. Captured in October 1948 during Operation Ha-Har, it was destroyed, and moshav Mevo Betar was later built on its lands.

• 260 residents before 1948