Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	June 4, 1948
Distance from district center	15 (km) Southwest of al-Ramla
Elevation from the sea	25 (meters)
Map location	See location number #35 on the map
Israeli military operation	Second stage of Operation Barak
Defenders	Egyptian Army
Exodus Cause	Expulsion by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	Yibna was mostly destroyed with the exception of couple of houses and the village mosque, but it needs serious renovation guys, any volunteers?
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Yibna inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 37,919 Jewish 2,845 Public 18,790 Total 59,554
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum) Area planted w/ citrus 6,468 5 Irrigated & Plantation 11,091 13 Area planted w/ olives 25 0 Planted W/ Cereal 15,729 2,754 Built up 127 0 Cultivable 33,288 2,772 Non-Cultivable 23,294 73
Population before occupation	Year Population 1596 710 19th century 3,000 1922 1,891 1931 3,600 1945 5,420 1948 6,287 Est. Refugees 1998 38,610
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 794 1948 1386
Town's name through history	During Biblical period, Yibna was known by Jabneel, and the Romans called it Jamnia (Iamnia).
Schools	Two elementary schools: one was for boys and the other for girls. The boys' school was founded in 1921 and had an enrollment of 445 students in 1941-42. The girls' school was founded in 1943 and by 1948, had an enrollment of 44 students.
Notable people from town	Yibna is the hometown of Abdel al-Ziz al-Rantisi, who is one of the most prominent political spokespersons of the "Islamic Palestinian Movement", better know as HAMAS.
Religious institutions	One mosque built in 1386 (still standing)
Archeological sites	The village contained the remains of a Crusade Castle.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Yavne, Beyt Rabban, Kefar ha-Nagid, Ben Zakkay, Tzofiyya and Beyt Garnli'el.
Related Maps	خرائط تفصيلية للمحافظة View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia
More Information	Language External Links Arabic PalGates Hebrew Nakba in Hebrew   Nakba-Online

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Town Today

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, all that remains of the village:
"A railroad crosses the village. The dilapidated mosque and minaret, together with a shrine, still remain. At least two of the remaining houses are used by Jewish families and one by an Arab family. One of the houses occupied by Jews is made of concrete; from its flat roof rise an electricity-post and a TV antenna. The other has a gabled roof. The house in which the Arab family lives is quite small and deteriorating; it has a tiled, slanted roof. Nearby is a nonfunctioning well with a circular mouth. A half-cylindrical stone structure is built on a segment of the well and is enclosed by a stone wall at one end."

• Video Nakba Oral History Podcast: Interview with Muhammad al-Yamani