Suba was a Palestinian Arab village west of Jerusalem that was depopulated and destroyed in 1948. The site of the village lies on the summit of a conical hill called Tel Tzova, or Jabal Suba, rising 769 meters above sea level, and it was built on the ruins of a Crusader castle.
Remains of the Suba village square and surrounding buildings, formerly the Belmont Castle courtyard
The Belmont hill and on it the remains of Suba village and the castle. In the background - Kibbutz Tzova
Suba residents, 1935
Suba, Jerusalem 1947 from Palmach archive
Tzova, also Palmach Tzova or Tzuba, is a kibbutz in central Israel. Located in the Judean Hills, on the western outskirts of Jerusalem, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2022 it had a population of 621.
Tzova
The kibbutz - view from Suba
The kibbutz dining hall
Suba, Tel Tzuba