Rantiya
Rantiya
رنتيّة Rantieh, Rantia, Rentie | |
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Former village | |
| Etymology: Rantieh, from a personal name | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Rantiya (click the buttons) | |
Rantiya Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°2′40″N 34°55′17″E / 32.04444°N 34.92139°E | |
| Palestine grid | 142/161 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Jaffa |
| Date of depopulation | 10 July 1948 |
| Area | |
• Total | 4,389 dunams (4.389 km2; 1.695 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
• Total | 590 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current Localities | Mazor, Nofekh, Rinatia |
Rantiya (Arabic: رنتيّة, known to the Romans as Rantia and to the Crusaders as Rentie) was a Palestinian village, located 16 km (9.9 mi) east of Jaffa. During the British Mandate in Palestine, in 1945 it had a population of 590 inhabitants.
Those inhabitants became refugees after a 10 July 1948 assault by Israeli forces from the Palmach's Eighth Armored Brigade and the Third Infantry Battalion of the Alexandroni Brigade during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.
Of the over 100 houses that made up the village, only three remain standing today. The Jewish localities of Mazor, Nofekh, and Rinatia are located on Rantiya's former lands.