Rantiya

Rantiya رنتيّة Rantieh, Rantia, Rentie
Etymology: Rantieh, from a personal name[1]
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Rantiya (click the buttons)
Rantiya Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°2′40″N 34°55′17″E / 32.04444°N 34.92139°E / 32.04444; 34.92139
Palestine grid	142/161
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Jaffa
Date of depopulation	10 July 1948[4]
Area [3]
• Total	4,389 dunams (4.389 km2 or 1.695 sq mi)
Population  (1945)
• Total	590[2][3]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	Mazor,[5] Nofekh,[5] Rinatia[5][6]

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.

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]