Shilta

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Shilta
Shilta
Arabic
Subdistrict Ramle
Coordinates 31°55′03.80″N 35°01′14.15″E / 31.9177222°N 35.0205972°E / 31.9177222; 35.0205972Coordinates: 31°55′03.80″N 35°01′14.15″E / 31.9177222°N 35.0205972°E / 31.9177222; 35.0205972
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

  1. Morris, 2004, p xix village #235. Also gives cause of depopulation.

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