Shahma
Sign in to saveShahma () was a Palestinian Arab village located southwest of Ramla. Depopulated on the eve of the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, the village lands today form part of a fenced-in area used by the Israeli Air Force.
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It is catalogued under the topic Arab villages depopulated prior to the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
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Place details
- Locality
- מועצה אזורית ברנר
- Region
- מחוז המרכז
- Country
- ישראל
- Population
- 1,607
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- Location
- History
- British Mandate era
- 1948, and aftermath
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
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Shahma () was a Palestinian Arab village located southwest of Ramla. Depopulated on the eve of the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, the village lands today form part of a fenced-in area used by the Israeli Air Force.
==Location== The village was situated on the coastal plain, southwest of Ramla, in a flat area that was slightly higher that the terrain to the south and southeast. Wadi al-Sarar ran about southwest of it, and a secondary road linked Shahma to al-Ramla. During World War II, the British built RAF Aqir military airport just north of the village, Shahma military base lay to the north and east.
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