[8] In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described the village as being situated on low ground and was built of stone and adobe.

The entire population was Muslim, and the village had a small mosque with a domed shrine which stood at the south of the houses.

The troops arrived by bus and took up position on a high point on the outskirts of the village and lobbed a few two-inch mortar rounds into its centre and then moved in and searched it.

[14] In September 1948, Nahum Hurwitz of Kfar Gil'adi appealed in a letter for permission to destroy Jabbul, Kawkab al-Hawa, al-Bira and al-Hamidiyya in the area for fear that they may be used by Arabs for military operations and to enable them to "take the village's lands, because the Arabs won't be able to return there".

[15] Walid Khalidi described the remaining structures of the village in 1992:"The houses have been reduced to rubble and are overgrown with trees, thorns, and wild grass.