 The villagers were evicted by the Israelis in three different phases, last eviction was carried out on June 9, 1950, on the orders of David Ben-Gurion, Moshe Sharett and Yosef Weitz, and most ended up on the West Bank.In 1950 moshav Zekharia was established by Kurdish Jewish immigrants on the village site.During the 1960s, most of the older buildings in the village were destroyed to make room for the new.