Shilta
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Shilta | |
Shilta |
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Arabic | |
Subdistrict | Ramle |
Coordinates | 31°55′03.80″N 35°01′14.15″E / 31.9177222°N 35.0205972°ECoordinates: 31°55′03.80″N 35°01′14.15″E / 31.9177222°N 35.0205972°E |
Population | 100 (1945) |
Area | |
Date of depopulation | July 15-16, 1948[1] |
Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
Shilta was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Ramla. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on July 18, 1948 by the First Battalion of the Yiftach Brigade of Operation Dani. It was located 15 km east of Ramla.
In 1945 it had a population of 100.
References
- ↑ Morris, 2004, p xix village #235. Also gives cause of depopulation.
Bibliography
- Guérin, M. V.: (1875): Description Géographique, Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine. Samarie, 2 pt. ("Seconde partie -Samarie")("Tome II") (p. 51)
- Hadawi, Sami (1970), Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine, Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center
- Khalidi, Walid (1992), All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948, Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, ISBN 0-88728-224-5
- Morris, Benny (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6.
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