In July 1949, Israel signed an armistice agreement according to which Kirad al-Ghannama was to be located within a Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) and inhabitants of the area were to be protected. By 1956, the DMZ's 2,200 inhabitants had been pushed out. There are no Israeli settlements on village lands. Only the rubble of the houses remains. The surrounding land is used by Israelis both for crop cultivation and as pasture.