Bayt Naqquba

The village is located 9.5 kilometers from Jerusalem. It was situated on an elongated hill extending along a north-south axis, surrounded by valleys on all sides except the north. Its inhabitants were Muslim and obtained their drinking water from a spring located at the eastern edge of the village. They primarily engaged in the cultivation of olives and grapes.
All that is known about the occupation of Beit Naquba is that it was captured in early April 1948. This means it fell within the context of Operation Nachshon, which Zionist sources described as a significant turning point characterized by determination and the necessary efforts to permanently and completely cleanse an entire area of Arab villages and their hostile inhabitants.
In 1949, the occupying state established the settlement of Beit Nekofa on what remained of the village. Some of the remaining houses are used as residences or animal pens. Olive trees and cactus plants cover the village site.
In 1962, an Arab village bearing the same name was established south of the original village site, and some of the refugees displaced from the old village were permitted to reside there. This is possibly a unique case among all the villages that were occupied and whose populations were displaced.