Shilta

Shiltah شلتة
Village
Members of the Yiftach Brigade in Shiltah during Operation Danny. 1948
Etymology: Shilta, from personal name
A series of historical maps of the area around Shilta (click the buttons)
Shiltah Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°55′04″N 35°01′14″E
Palestine grid	152/147
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Ramle
Date of depopulation	July 15–16, 1948
Population  (1945)
• Total	100
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	Shilat Kfar Ruth

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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. 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.