Bayt Shanna

Bayt Shanna

بيت شنّة
Bayt Shanna بيت شنّة
	Etymology: The house of Shenna
	1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Bayt Shanna (click the buttons)
	Bayt Shanna Location within Mandatory Palestine
	Coordinates: 31°52′39″N 34°59′13″E / 31.87750°N 34.98694°E
Palestine grid	148/142
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Ramle
Date of depopulation	July 15-16, 1948
Population (1945)
• Total	210
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces

Bayt Shanna was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on July 15, 1948, during the second stage of Operation Dani. It was located 11.5 km southeast of Ramla.

^ Palmer, 1881, p. 287
^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 29
^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 66
^ Morris, 2004, p. xix, village #238. Also gives cause of depopulation, with a "?".

Bayt Shanna بيت شنّة
Etymology: The house of Shenna^[1]
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Bayt Shanna (click the buttons)
Bayt Shanna Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°52′39″N 34°59′13″E / 31.87750°N 34.98694°E / 31.87750; 34.98694
Palestine grid	148/142
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Ramle
Date of depopulation	July 15-16, 1948^[4]
Population (1945)
• Total	210^[2]^[3]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces