Innaba
| Innaba | |
|---|---|
  Innaba | |
| Arabic | عنابة |
| Name meaning | Jujube |
| Subdistrict | Ramle |
| Coordinates | 31°54′07.55″N 34°56′51.40″E / 31.9020972°N 34.9476111°ECoordinates: 31°54′07.55″N 34°56′51.40″E / 31.9020972°N 34.9476111°E |
| Palestine grid | 145/145 |
| Population | 1,420 (1945) |
| Date of depopulation | July 10, 1948[1] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current localities | Kefar Shemu'el |
Innaba (Arabic: عنابة) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on July 10, 1948 by the Yiftach and Eighth Brigades of Operation Dani. It was located 7 km east of Ramla.
In 1945, it had population of 1,420. The Romans referred to the village as "Betoannaba". An elementary school for boys was founded in 1920 and in 1945, it had an enrollment of 168 students. Innaba also had a mosque, which was dedicated to al-Shaykh 'Abd Allah and had a shrine for him.
References
- ↑ Morris, 2004, p xix village #244. Also gives cause of depopulation
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.