"[8] In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) noted at Khurbet el Kofkhah: "a large site.

"[9] Kawfakwa was founded in the late nineteenth century by Gaza city residents who came to cultivate the surrounding land.

In its center was a mosque that was well known in the region, built in the reign of the Ottoman sultan Abd al-Hamid II (1876–1909).

The land on the northern side of the village was planted with fruit trees, such as apricots, olives, almonds, grapes and figs.

[15] During the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, the villagers of Kawfakha repeatedly asked to surrender, accept Jewish rule and be allowed to stay, all to no avail.

"[4]The village mosque was inspected in 1994, and found to be built of ashlar stones (approximately 0.2m x 0.4 m) with the corners emphasised by a slight offset.