Yibna
Yibna
يبنا Tel Yavne | |
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| Etymology: Built | |
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| Coordinates: 31°51′58″N 34°44′47″E / 31.86611°N 34.74639°E | |
| Palestine grid | 126/141 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Ramle |
| Date of depopulation | 4 June 1948 |
| Area | |
• Total | 59,554 dunams (59.554 km2; 22.994 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
• Total | 5,420 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Secondary cause | Expulsion by Yishuv forces |
| Current Localities | Yavne, Beit Raban, Kfar HaNagid, Beit Gamliel |
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The town had a population of 5,420 in 1948, located 15 kilometers southwest of Ramla. Most of the population fled after the fall of al-Qubeiba and Zarnuqa in late May, but armed males were forced back. Israeli army took the town on June 5 and expelled the remaining population described as "some old Arab men and women."
It is a significant site for post-biblical Jewish history, as it was the location of the Council of Jamnia, considered the birthplace of modern Rabbinic Judaism. It is also significant in the history of the Crusades, as the location of the House of Ibelin.