Palmach units shelled Mughr al-Khayt with mortars during the night of 2 May 1948. The attack, resulting in the evacuation of the village along with two others (Fir'im and Qabba'a) similarly targeted during the same night. The site is overgrown with grass and cactuses and littered with stone rubble from destroyed houses. Of the hundreds of olive trees that once grew there, only a few remain. The mountainous land around the site is mostly wooded or used by Israelis as pasture.