Yibna


![The tell with the ruins of the Mamluk minaret built in 1337[6]](/uploads/202502/21/Old_Yavne4946.jpg)
Yibna' (Arabic:يبنى; Jabneel in Biblical times; Iamnia, Jamnia, or Yavne in Roman times; Ibelin to the Crusaders), was a Palestinian village with a population of 5,420 in 1948, located 15 kilometers southwest of Ramla. Yibna was occupied by Israeli forces on 4 June 1948, and was depopulated during the military assault and expulsion.