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.

Al-Tina
التينة
Etymology: The fig tree
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Al-Tina
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°44′48″N 34°49′11″E
Palestine grid133/128
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictRamle
Date of depopulationJuly 8–9, 1948
Area
  Total7,001 dunams (7.001 km2 or 2.703 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
  Total750
Cause(s) of depopulationMilitary assault by Yishuv forces
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