Innaba
عنابة | |
|---|---|
 Innaba, before 1948 | |
| Etymology: Jujube[1] | |
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  Innaba Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°54′08″N 34°56′52″E / 31.90222°N 34.94778°E | |
| Palestine grid | 145/145 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Ramle |
| Date of depopulation | July 10, 1948[4] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 12,857 dunams (12.857 km2 or 4.964 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 1,420[2][3] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current Localities | Kefar Shemu'el[5] |
'Innaba (Arabic: عنابة), also spelled 'Annaba, was a Palestinian 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.
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 284
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 29
- ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 66
- ^ Morris, 2004, p. xix, village #244. Also gives cause of depopulation
- ^ Khalidi, 1992, p. 384