Israeli sources report that the villagers of al-Shawka al-Tahta feared a Zionist attack and fled on 14 May 1948; the district capital, Safad, had been captured a few days earlier, which would have contributed to the villagers' panic. Two Zionist settlements are very close to the village site. Nothing remains of al-Shawka al-Tahta. The surrounding lands are used by Israelis both for farming and as pasture.