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Kawkaba

Kawkaba, known to the Crusaders as Coquebel, was a Palestinian Arab village that was occupied by Israel during Operation Yoav during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, and depopulated.

The place

Kawkaba, known to the Crusaders as Coquebel, was a Palestinian Arab village that was occupied by Israel during Operation Yoav during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, and depopulated.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Kawkaba

Airports
Ben Gurion (TLV), 47 km · El Arish (AAC), 102 km · Queen Alia (AMM), 126 km
  • Tel Aviv → Kawkaba
    167 km · quickest by road, 6h 30m · ₪135–180
  • Eilat → Kawkaba
    432 km · quickest by road, 9h 27m · ₪210–280
  • Amman → Kawkaba
    163 km · quickest by road, 4h 29m · JD11–15
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Kawkaba

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Kawkaba. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inThere are no ferries or cruises to Ashkelon, but you can bring your own boat into the marina.

From Wikivoyage: Ashkelon, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-08.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Petra and Wadi MusaJO

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    164 km
  2. 02
    Wadi RumJO

    8 ways of moving, 23 sources

    240 km
  3. 03
    DahabEG

    8 ways of moving, 29 sources

    349 km
  4. 04
    KastellorizoGR

    8 ways of moving, 27 sources

    687 km
  5. 05
    NaxosGR

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    1,037 km

If you know how people move in Kawkaba – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Kawkaba

Kawkaba is 23 km from Gaza, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Otzemhuman settlement in Israel3.8 km
  • Iraq Suwaydanvillage in Gaza, Mandatory Palestine3.1 km
  • Hulayqatvillage in Gaza, Mandatory Palestine3.8 km
  • Bayt TimaPalestinian village in Gaza subdistrict, depopulated in 19482.4 km
  • Kokhav Michaelhuman settlement in Israel500 m