Shilta

Shiltah
شلتة
Village
Members of the Yiftach Brigade in Shiltah during Operation Danny. 1948
Etymology: Shilta, from personal name
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
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 / 31.91778°N 35.02056°E / 31.91778; 35.02056
Palestine grid152/147
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictRamle
Date of depopulationJuly 15–16, 1948
Population
 (1945)
 • Total
100
Cause(s) of depopulationMilitary assault by Yishuv forces
Current LocalitiesShilat Kfar Ruth

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.

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