Kammala jumlar da ke gaba: Ramla na daga cikin yankin da aka ware wa wata kasar Larabawa da ake son kafawa a karkashin shirin Majalisar Dinkin Duniya na 1947. Duk da haka, wurin da Ramla ke da shi da kuma matsayinsa na dabara a kan babbar hanyar samar da kayayyaki zuwa Urushalima ya sa ya zama batun rikici a lokacin yakin basasa.
1947-1948 yakin basasa, wanda ya biyo bayan 1948 Arab-Israeli War. Wani bam da kungiyar 'yan bindigar Yahudawa ta Irgun ta fashe a kasuwar Ramla a ranar 18 ga Fabrairu, ya kashe mazauna 7 kuma ya raunata 45. Bayan hare-haren da ba a yi nasara ba a kan Ramla, sojojin Isra'ila sun kaddamar da Operation Dani. An kama Ramla a ranar 12 ga Yuli 1948, 'yan kwanaki bayan kama Lydda. Resistance na Larabawa sun mika wuya a ranar 12 ga Yuli, kuma an kori yawancin mazaunan da suka rage. Wani da'awar da aka yi jayayya, wanda masana suka hada da Ilan Pappé, ya bayyana wannan a matsayin tsaftace kabilanci. Bayan kamawar Isra'ila, kimanin Larabawa 1,000 sun kasance a Ramla; IDF ta tura wasu daga ƙauyukan Larabawa masu nisa zuwa garin.