Al-Tina
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| Subdistrict | Ramle |
| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Palestine grid | 133/128 |
| Population | 750 (1945) |
| Date of depopulation | July 8-9, 1948[1] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
Al-Tina was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine. 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.
In 1945 the village had a population of 750. An elementary school for boys was founded in 1946 and it had an initial enrollment of 65 students.
al-Tina was also the birthplace of 'Abd al-Fattah Humud (1933-1968), a petroleum engineer, and one of the founding members of Fatah, the largest Palestinian Liberation Organization faction.
References
Bibliography
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External links
- Welcome To al-Tina
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 16: IAA, Wikimedia commons
- al-Tina, from the Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center
