Shilta

Shiltah
Shiltah
Subdistrict Ramle
Coordinates 31°55′03.80″N 35°01′14.15″E / 31.9177222°N 35.0205972°E / 31.9177222; 35.0205972Coordinates: 31°55′03.80″N 35°01′14.15″E / 31.9177222°N 35.0205972°E / 31.9177222; 35.0205972
Palestine grid 152/147
Population 100 (1945)
Date of depopulation July 15–16, 1948[1]
Cause(s) of depopulation Military assault by Yishuv forces

Shilta was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine. According to a census conducted in 1931 by the British Mandate authorities, Shilta had a population of 22 inhabitants, in 7 houses.[2] It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on July 18, 1948 by the First Battalion of the Yiftach Brigade of Operation Dani. It was located 15 km east of Ramla.

In 1945, the village had a population of 100.

References

  1. Morris, 2004, p xix village #235. Also gives cause of depopulation.
  2. Mills, 1932, p. 23

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