Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	July 13, 1948
Distance from district center	10 (km) West of Jerusalem
Elevation from the sea	750 (meters)
Map location	See location number #11 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation Dani
Israeli attacking brigade	Har'el Brigade
Exodus Cause	Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	Suba was mostly destroyed with the exception few deserted and partially destroyed houses.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Suba inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Village clans or hamolas	Suba was controlled by the powerful Abu Ghawsh family in the mid 19th century.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 4,082 Jewish 15 Public 5 Total 4,102
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 1,435 11 Area planted w/ olives 150 0 Planted W/ Cereal 712 0 Built up 16 0 Cultivable 2,147 11 Non-Cultivable 1,924 4
Population before occupation	Year Population 1596 369 1922 307 1931 434 1945 620 1948 719 Est. Refugees 1998 4,417
Number of houses	In (1931): 110 (includes Dayr 'Amr)
Town's name through history	During the Roman period Suba was referred to by Soba or Sobetha.
Shrines/maqams	A shrine for a local sage known as al-Shaykh Ibrahim.
Archeological sites	The Abu Ghawsh family constructed a fort in Suba within the walls of the Crusader fortress. This fort, along with the walls of the Crusade fortress, were destroyed by the Egyptian General, Ibrahim Pasha, during the Egyptian champaign in Palestine in 1832.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Kibbutz Tzova and a school called Yedida.
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More Information	Language External Links Arabic PalGates Hebrew Nakba in Hebrew   Nakba-Online

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Town Today

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
Many of the village buildings still stand; some have walls missing or are without roofs. Arched doorways and gates define the facades of these houses. A number of houses, however, are almost completely destroyed, with only the bases of their walls still standing. At an archaeological site that was recently excavated, a large stone gate and walls were unearthed. The remnants of the Crusader fortress are present on the site