[3] The Israeli settlement of Elon Moreh was illegally established within Deir al-Hatab's jurisdiction, taking up nearly 2,000 dunams of the village's land.

[13] In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described it as a "small village, with olives and a well to the south, standing on a hill slope.

[4] Because Elon Moreh and its outposts overlooks and is in proximity to half of the land, Palestinian farmers have in the last decade been allowed only a few days each year to tend their fields, after coordinating with the Israeli occupation army.

[3] From 2002 to 2007 the IDF banned the villagers from working their land, and settlers began to plant new olive trees and grapevines on private lots.

A 'disruptive use' injunction was issued in January 2007 by Major General Yair Naveh, allowing Palestinian authorities to remove settlers who had engaged in illegal cultivation of local lands in the preceding 3 years.

The ordinance has not deterred settler appropriation of Deir al-Hatab's land, according to Amira Hass, and injunctions are often not implemented.

[3] In 2007, Israeli settlers from Elon Moreh put a plastic swimming pool by the spring which supplies Deir al-Hatab with 40% of its drinking water.

[26] In November, 2021, the child Mohammad Da’das (age given variously as 13 or 15 years old), was shot in the abdomen and killed by an Israeli soldier in Deir al-Hatab.