Huqoq — Wikipedia

Huqoq or Hukkok (Hebrew: חוקוק) was an ancient village located 12.5 kilometres (7.8 mi) north of Tiberias, now in the Lower Galilee region of Israel. It has been settled since ancient times and is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible in Joshua 19. The Palestinian village of Yaquq stood on the site until it was depopulated in May 1 during the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight. Solel Boneh, the construction arm of the Histadrut, had built a Tegart fort at Hukok near the site on 11 July 1945, and later a kibbutz was established there. Archaeological excavations revealed that a prosperous Jewish...