Shilta

Shiltah
شلتة
Village
Members of the Yiftach Brigade in Shiltah during Operation Danny. 1948
Members of the Yiftach Brigade in Shiltah during Operation Danny. 1948
Etymology: Shilta, from personal name[1]
1870s map
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Shiltah is located in Mandatory Palestine
Shiltah
Shiltah
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°55′04″N 35°01′14″E / 31.91778°N 35.02056°E / 31.91778; 35.02056
Palestine grid152/147
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictRamle
Date of depopulationJuly 15–16, 1948[4]
Population
 (1945)
 • Total
100[2][3]
Cause(s) of depopulationMilitary assault by Yishuv forces
Current LocalitiesShilat[5] Kfar Ruth[5]

Shilta was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine. Sitting on a hill, It was probably settled in the 19th century.[6] It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on July 18, 1948, by the First Battalion of the Yiftach Brigade in the Operation Danny. It was located 15 km east of Ramla.

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 245
  2. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 30
  3. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 68
  4. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xix, village No. 235. Also gives cause of depopulation.
  5. ^ a b Khalidi, 1992, p. 415
  6. ^ Finkelstein, Israel; Lederman, Zvi; Bunimovitz, Shlomo (1997). Finkelstein, Israel; Lederman, Zvi (eds.). Highlands of Many Cultures. Jerusalem: Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University Publications Section. p. 135. ISBN 965-440-007-3.