Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	July 10, 1948
Distance from district center	16 (km) East of Jaffa
Elevation from the sea	50 (meters)
Map location	See location number #16 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation Dani
Israeli attacking brigade	The Palmach's Eighth Armored Brigade and the Third Infantry Battalion of the Alexandroni Brigade.
Exodus Cause	Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	Rantiya was mostly destroyed with the exception of three deserted houses.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Rantiya inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 4,155 Jewish 142 Public 92 Total 4,389
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum) Area planted w/ citrus 505 0 Irrigated & Plantation 99 120 Area planted w/ olives 20 0 Planted W/ Cereal 3,518 22 Built up 13 0 Cultivable 4,122 142 Non-Cultivable 112 0
Population before occupation	Year Population 1596 132 1931 411 1945 590 1948 684 Est. Refugees 1998 4,203
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 105 1948 174
Town's name through history	During the Roman period the village was known by Rantia, and the Crusaders referred to it by Rentie.
Schools	Rantiya had an elementary school for boys founded in 1947, which had an initial enrollment of 45 students.
Religious institutions	One mosque
Water supplies	Rantiya contained dozens of artesian wells which had been dug to the east and south of the village.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Mazor, Nofekh, and Rinnatya.
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More Information	Language External Links Hebrew Nakba in Hebrew   Nakba-Online

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Town Today

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"Three deserted houses, standing amid weeds, tall wild grasses, and the debris of several other houses, are all that remains of the village. Two of the deserted houses are made of stone, the third of concrete. All have rectangular doors and windows. Two of them have flat roofs; the third may have had a gabled roof."

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