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.- Type: Ruin
- Description: village in Ramle, Mandatory Palestine
- Also known as: “Shelat”, “Shiltā”, “Shiltah”, and “Yitlah”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Modi’in Center and Hasmonean Heritage Museum.
Modi’in Center
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Modi'in–Center railway station is an Israel Railways passenger terminal and one of two stations serving Modi'in. It is the terminus of the Nahariya-Modi'in line, with service to the airport, Tel Aviv, Haifa, and Akko. Modi’in Center is situated 2 km southwest of Shilta.
Hasmonean Heritage Museum
Museum
Photo: Yoelth, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hasmonean Heritage Museum is situated 1½ km southwest of Shilta.
Barfilya
Peak
Photo: McKaby, Public domain.
Barfiliya was a Palestinian village located 10.5 kilometres 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 period. Barfilya is situated 2½ km west of Shilta.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shilat and Modi’in.
Shilat
Village
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Shilat is a moshav partially in Israel and partially in the Latrun salient of the Green Line. Located around a kilometre north of Modi'in, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hevel Modi'in Regional Council.
Modi’in
Photo: Righteos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Modi'in is a relatively new Israeli city located in the Shfela, halfway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. There are some archaeological sites in the city as well as popular tourist attractions nearby.
Ganei Modi’in
Village
Ganei Modi'in is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Located just over the Green Line to the north of Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Binyamin Regional Council.
Shilta
- Categories: district, depopulated Palestinian village, human settlement, village, former settlement, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Central District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Shilta” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “شلتة”
- Hebrew: “שילטא”
- Indonesian: “Shilta”
- Persian: “شلته”
- Polish: “Szilta”
- Urdu: “شلتہ”
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