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An Arab village located 10 km northwest of Beisan, near the junction of the Hejaz Railway and the Beisan–Afula–Haifa road. Its geographic position was of great importance because it was the western gateway to the Beisan plain, which links the Marj Ibn Amir (Jezreel) plain in the west with the Jordan Valley in the east. For this reason, Shatta served as a stopping point for ancient trade caravans and for armies. Secondary roads connected it to a group of neighboring Arab villa

The village was situated on flat terrain on the central coastal plain. It lay on the highway leading to al-Ramla, Jaffa, and other urban centers, and was linked to area villages by a variety of roads. In addition, the Lydda-Jaffa railway line ran about 1.5 km east of the village. There is a tradition that members of the Qada'a tribe settled the village in the early Islamic period and named it after their native home, Wadi Hunayn, in Hadramawt (Yemen). In modern times, the vil

28/12/1947 or 1948 (date uncertain in source)