Rantiya
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Rantiya (Arabic: رنتيّة, known to the Romans as Rantia and to the Crusaders as Rentie) was a Palestinian village, located 16 kilometers east of Jaffa. During the British Mandate in Palestine, in 1945 it had a population of 590 inhabitants.
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Rantiya
رنتيّة Rantieh, Rantia, Rentie | |
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Etymology: Rantieh, from a personal name[1] | |
Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
Coordinates: 32°2′40″N 34°55′17″E | |
Palestine grid | 142/161 |
Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
Subdistrict | Jaffa |
Date of depopulation | 10 July 1948[2] |
Area | |
• Total | 4,389 dunams (4.389 km2 or 1.695 sq mi) |
Population (1945) | |
• Total | 590[4][3] |
Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
Current Localities | Mazor,[5] Nofekh,[5] Rinatia[5][6] |
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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.[5]
Of the over 100 houses that made up the village, only three remain standing today.[5] The Jewish localities of Mazor, Nofekh, and Rinatia are located on Rantiya's former lands.[5]