Bayt Shanna

Bayt Shanna
بيت شنّة
Etymology: The house of Shenna[1]
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Bayt Shanna is located in Mandatory Palestine
Bayt Shanna
Bayt Shanna
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°52′39″N 34°59′13″E / 31.87750°N 34.98694°E / 31.87750; 34.98694
Palestine grid148/142
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictRamle
Date of depopulationJuly 15–16, 1948[4]
Population
 (1945)
 • Total
210[2][3]
Cause(s) of depopulationMilitary 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.

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 287
  2. ^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 29
  3. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 66
  4. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xix, village No. 238. Also gives cause of depopulation, with a "?".