This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.Hulayqat was a Palestinian Arab village in the Gaza Subdistrict.

[5] During the 17th and 18th centuries, the area of Hulayqat experienced a significant process of settlement decline due to nomadic pressures on local communities.

[8][9] In 1883, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described it as a "small village on a flat slope, with a high sandy hill to the west.

[14] In 1947, an oil drilling project commenced in Hulayqat employing 300 Arab workers.

[5] According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the ruin of the village in 1992 was partially forested with sycamore, Christ's-thorn trees and cactus.