Bayt Shanna
| Bayt Shanna | |
|---|---|
  Bayt Shanna | |
| Subdistrict | Ramle |
| Coordinates | 31°52′38.95″N 34°59′12.75″E / 31.8774861°N 34.9868750°ECoordinates: 31°52′38.95″N 34°59′12.75″E / 31.8774861°N 34.9868750°E |
| Palestine grid | 148/142 |
| Population | 210 (1945) |
| Date of depopulation | July 15-16, 1948[1] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
Bayt Shanna was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on July 15, 1948, during the second stage of Operation Dani. It was located 11.5 km southeast of Ramla.
In 1945, the village had a population of 210.
Two khirbats located to west and northeast of the village center contains the foundations of a church and buildings and cisterns.
References
- ↑ Morris, 2004, p xix village #238. Also gives cause of depopulation, with a "?".
Bibliography
- 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