On 11 May 1948, the Haganah rejected al-Khalisa's request for an "agreement". Villagers fled from their homes after hearing news of the fall of Safad and sought refuge in Hunin, the village militia remained for a few days, until it was heavily shelled. Eventually, the villagers were displaced to Lebanon. In later weeks, a few of them decided to return in order to dig up money they had buried in their land, or to harvest some of their tobacco and grain. They reported that the Israeli forces had burned and destroyed many of the houses. The settlement of Qiryat Shemona was established in 1950 on the village site. Stone rubble from the houses marks the site. The school and the Mandate government's office buildings stand abandoned, as does the village mosque and the minaret. The level land surrounding the site is cultivated by the settlement of Qiryat Shemona.