As the villagers later recalled, the bloody events in the village began on 1 May 1948 at 3:00 A.M. with a barrage of mortar fire from eleven mortars, followed by a ground assault by two platoons. When Israeli troops entered the village, the villagers were rounded up. The men were expelled and enabled to join their families, but thirty-seven of them, selected at random, were taken captive. After the prisoners were killed. There are no Israeli settlements on village lands. The rubble of destroyed stone houses is scattered throughout the site, which is otherwise overgrown with olive trees and cactuses. In one of the remaining houses, the smooth stone above the entrance arch is inscribed with Arabic calligraphy. The well and the village spring also remain.