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Qula
Qula () was a Palestinian village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine, located 15 km northeast of Ramla. Its residents had their origins in Jimzu, Ammuriya and other places.
Yibna
Yibna (; Jabneh or Jabneel in Biblical times; Jamnia in Roman times; Ibelin to the Crusaders), or Tel Yavne, is an archaeological site and depopulated Palestinian town. The ruins are located southeast of the modern Israeli city of Yavne.
Majdal Yaba
village in Ramle, Mandatory Palestine
Nabi Rubin
village in mandatory Palestine
Al-Muzayri'a
'''Al-Muzayri'a''' () was a Palestinian village in the Ramle Subdistrict. It was depopulated in 1948. In 1998 the new Israeli city of El'ad was built over the ruins.
Dayr Tarif
village in Ramle, Mandatory Palestine
Bayt Nabala
village in Ramle, Mandatory Palestine
Daniyal
Daniyal () was a Palestinian village in the Ramle Subdistrict that was located 5 km east of Ramla and southeast of Lydda. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on July 10, 1948, by the Yiftach Brigade under the first phase of Operation Dani, as part of the broader 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight and Nakba.
Al-Qubab
Al-Qubab () was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict. It was depopulated in July 1948 during the Operation Dani led by the Yiftach Brigade.
Dayr Ayyub
village in Ramle, Mandatory Palestine
Kharruba
thumb|Kharruba remains and beyond them the industrial zone of Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut|Modi'in|border|300x300px Kharruba was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine, near Modi'in. It was located 8 km east of Ramla. It was depopulated on July 12, 1948, during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
Al-Barriyya
Al-Barriyya was a Palestinian village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on July 10, 1948, as part of Operation Dani. It was located 5.5 km southeast of Ramla, on the eastern bank of Wadi al-Barriyya.
Al-Burj
village in Ramle, Mandatory Palestine
Al-Tira
village in Ramle, Palestine
Bayt Jiz
village in Ramle, Mandatory Palestine
Dayr Muhaysin
village in Ramle, Mandatory Palestine
Saydun
Saydun () was a Palestinian village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine. It was depopulated during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 6, 1948, during Operation Nachshon. It was located 9 km south of Ramla on the east bank of Wadi Saydun.
Barfiliya
Barfiliya () was a Palestinian village located east of Ramla that was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. Located on a tell, excavations conducted there by Israeli archaeologists beginning in 1995 found artifacts dating back to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA) period (circa 9,500-8,000 BCE).
Al-Haditha
depopulated Palestinian village
Jimzu
Jimzu (), also known as Gimzo (meaning "sycamore plantation"), was a Palestinian village, located three miles southeast of Lydda. Under the 1947 UN Partition Plan of Mandatory Palestine, Jimzu was to form part of the proposed Arab state. During the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, the village was depopulated in a two-day assault by Israeli forces.
Idnibba
Idnibba () was a Palestinian village, located at latitude 31.7426937N and longitude 34.8561001,E in the southern part of the Ramle Subdistrict. It was depopulated in 1948, at which time its population was 568, and its lands are now used by Kfar Menahem.
Jilya
Jilya was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine. The Romans referred to it as Jilya by Galla. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War by the Givati Brigade of the first stage of Operation Dani on July 9, 1948. It was located 17 km south of Ramla.
Abu Shusha
village in Ramle, Mandatory Palestine
Dayr Abu Salama
former village in Ramle District, Mandatory Palestine
Zarnuqa
Zarnuqa (), also Zarnuga, was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict. It was depopulated on 27–28 May 1948 during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
Khulda
Khulda (), also Khuldeh, was a Palestinian Arab village located south of Ramla in the Mandatory Palestine. Known as Huldre to the Crusaders, it is also mentioned in documents dating to the periods of Mamluk, Ottoman, and Mandatory rule over Palestine. During the 1948 war, the village was depopulated as part of Operation Nachshon and was subsequently destroyed. The Israeli kibbutz of Mishmar David was established that same year on land belonging to the village.
Bir Ma'in
village in Ramle, Mandatory Palestine
Bayt Susin
village in Ramle, Mandatory Palestine
Sajad
Sajad () was a Palestinian village in the Ramle Subdistrict. It was located south of Ramla. Sajad was established in the late 19th century near a local train station. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli war.
Wadi Hunayn
village in Ramle, Mandatory Palestine
Al-Maghar
Al-Maghar was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine. It was depopulated by the Givati Brigade during Operation Barak on 18 May 1948. It was located 12 km southwest of Ramla, situated north of Wadi al-Maghar. ==History== An inscription which was in Greek, and dated to a Christian period was found here.
Aqir
Aqir, also spelt 'Aqr, Akir and Akkur, was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict, located 9 km southwest of Ramla and 1 km north of Wadi al-Nasufiyya (today called Nahal Ekron). It was depopulated and demolished and replaced by Kiryat Ekron.
Sarafand al-Amar
village in Ramle, Mandatory Palestine
Qazaza
Qazaza () was a Palestinian village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine, located south of Ramla. It was depopulated in 1948.
Ramle Subdistrict
District in British Palestine (1921-1948)
Innaba
''''Innaba (), also spelled 'Annaba''', was a Palestinian village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on July 10, 1948 by the Yiftach and Eighth Brigades of Operation Dani. It was located 7 km east of Ramla.
Al-Qubayba, Ramla
village in Ramle, Mandatory Palestine
Al-Kunayyisa
Al-Kunayyisa (Arabic: الكنيسة) was a small Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on July 10, 1948, under the first stage of Operation Dani. It was located 12 km southeast of Ramla.
Sarafand al-Kharab
village in Ramle, Mandatory Palestine
Qatra
Qatra () was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict, located southwest of the city of Ramla and west of Jerusalem, some above sea level. It was depopulated in May 1948.
Bir Salim
village in Ramle, Mandatory Palestine
Abu al-Fadl, Ramla
village in Ramle, Mandatory Palestine
Shilta
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.
Al-Tina
Al-Tina, or Khirbet et-Tineh was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine. The village was located between the Shfela and southern Israeli coastal plain. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on July 8, 1948, by the Givati Brigade under Operation An-Far. It was located 20. km south of Ramla. The hill on which the village was built stands today next to the Kiryat Mal'akhi – Yoav railway station and next to Highway 6. Archeological excavations at the site revealed the remains of a Byzantine settlement.
Bashshit
Bashshayt (), also Beshshayt, was an Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict, located southwest of Ramla about half a mile from wadi Bashshit. Archaeological artifacts from the village attest to habitation in the Early Islamic period and 12th and 13th centuries. Mentioned by Arab geographers from the 13th century onward, there was a tomb for the Neby Shayt ("prophet Seth") in the village.
Bayt Shanna
village in Ramle, Mandatory Palestine
Al-Mansura, Ramla
village in Ramle, Mandatory Palestine
Umm Kalkha
village in Ramle, Mandatory Palestine
Khirbat Zakariyya
depopulated village in Ramle district
Ajanjul
Ajanjul (, Ajanjǔl) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine. It was depopulated during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine.
Al-Duhayriyya, Khirbat
village in Ramle, Mandatory Palestine
Al-Khayma
Al-Khayma () was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on July 9, 1948, by the Givati Brigade of Operation An-Far. It was located 18.5 km south of Ramla.
Al-Na'ani
'''Al-Na'ani, also called Al-Ni'ana''', was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on May 14, 1948, by the Givati Brigade during Operation Barak. It was located 6 km south of Ramle.
Bayt Far, Khirbat
village in Ramle, Mandatory Palestine
Al-Buwayra, Khirbat
village in Ramle, Mandatory Palestine
Al-Mukhayzin
Al-Mukhayzin was a Palestinian village in the Ramle Subdistrict. It was ethnically cleansed during the Nakba on April 20, 1948, by the Givati Brigade of Operation Har'el. It was located southwest of Ramla.